Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Barnkrug: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 6, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P1348
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a bombing mission over Hamburg. While flying along the Elbe River, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Barnkrug. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Denys Brian Douglas Field, pilot,
Sgt Eric Howard Paul, observer,
Sgt Lachlan Livingstone Kerr, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Eadie, wireless operator.
Crew:
S/L Denys Brian Douglas Field, pilot,
Sgt Eric Howard Paul, observer,
Sgt Lachlan Livingstone Kerr, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Eadie, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
