Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Little Bytham: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 8, 1941 at 0043 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P2092
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore on a night bombing exercise. While flying over Lincolnshire, it was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed in Little Bytham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert John Holborow, pilot,
P/O William Ernest Cochrane, observer,
Sgt Walbey John Cunningham, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Robert John Holborow, pilot,
P/O William Ernest Cochrane, observer,
Sgt Walbey John Cunningham, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
