Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden IV in Hohemoor: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 30, 1942 at 2352 LT
Operator:
Registration:
V5645
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2124LT in an intruder operation over Cologne. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hohemoor, 15 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Joseph Fox, pilot,
Sgt John Leonard, observer,
Sgt Alfred Smithson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O John Joseph Fox, pilot,
Sgt John Leonard, observer,
Sgt Alfred Smithson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
