Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Heligoland Island: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 29, 1939 at 1000 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L4126
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0640LT to bomb German ships moored at Heligoland. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea between Heligoland and Wangerooge. A crewman survived while three others were killed.
Crew:
F/O R. D. Baughan, pilot,
Sgt Nigel Miller Kirkus, †
Sgt Herbert Harold Turner, †
AC1 J. Anthony. †
Crew:
F/O R. D. Baughan, pilot,
Sgt Nigel Miller Kirkus, †
Sgt Herbert Harold Turner, †
AC1 J. Anthony. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
