Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Veendam: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 12, 1941 at 0055 LT
Registration:
AE226
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2230LT on July 12 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Veendam. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth John Llord, pilot,
P/O Edward Douglas Vivian, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Guest, wireless operator,
Sgt Israel Jacobovitch, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth John Llord, pilot,
P/O Edward Douglas Vivian, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Guest, wireless operator,
Sgt Israel Jacobovitch, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.