ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220386
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| Date: | Monday 25 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AE223 |
| MSN: | OL-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dispersal RAF Scampton -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| Wesel |
Took off from RAF Scampton at 20:30
Landed 02:25 but after taxiing into the dispersal there was an explosion and the Hampden burst into flames. In addition to the crew, four members of the ground staff died in the explosion, caused, it is believed, by a loose bomb falling from the aircraft when the bomb doors were opened for inspection of the bay.
Crew
Pilot: 63072 Plt Off Victor Charles Ormond Royd Maybury - Scampton (St John The Baptist) Churchyard Old Part Grave 23.
Pilot: 67071 Plt Off Thomas George Matheson MacIntyre - Glasgow (Eastwood) New Cemetery Section K Grave 167.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1162832 Sgt Edward W John Clarke - Woodgrange Park Cemetery East Ham Square 45 Joint Grave 10246. (Joint Grave with his brother)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1304361 Sgt Ronald Scholes - Audenshaw Cemetery Section M Joint Grave 4457.
Ground Crew
571007 Cpl William Inkpen - Basing (St May) New Churchyard Hampshire.
908502 LAC Leonard Silvester Rayment - Camberwell New Cemetery & Crematorium Panel 10.
1111939 AC1 William Ronald Stevenson - Stand (All Saints) Churchyard Lower Level Grave 1506.
973724 AC2 Colin Ogden - Stockport Cemetery & Crematorium Panel 4.
Sources:
CWGC
Find A Grave
Bomber Command Losses 1941 - W R Chorley
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1941 | X3139 | 83 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea near Vlieland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2018 20:56 | Red Dragon | Added |
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