More information : [Handley Page Hampden Mk. I standard Bomber Command aircraft; 1 of a batch of 150 delivered between July and December 1940 to Contract No. B994449/39] Missing, believed ditched off Isle of Wight, returning from Mannheim, 17.12.1940. (1)
Airborne from RAF Scampton on the Mannheim raids; believed crashed in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. All four crew killed in action and commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede. (2)(3)
Builder: English Electric (1)
Where built: Preston (1)
Delivered: 1940 (1)
Squadron: 49 (1)
Crew: 4 (2)
Crew Lost: 4 (2)
Owner: Royal Air Force [all sources]
Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss |