Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Helsingborg: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 27, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P2090
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Helsingborg, some 250 km northeast of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Patrick Earl, pilot,
P/O William Duncan Hermon, pilot,
Sgt Donald Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Clough Williams, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Patrick Earl, pilot,
P/O William Duncan Hermon, pilot,
Sgt Donald Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Clough Williams, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
