Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Neer: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1941 at 2254 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD789
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1930LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Neer. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O G. J. Cornish, pilot,
Sgt John Ratcliffe, observer, †
Sgt Sidney Reginald Cassey, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard Albert Royal, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O G. J. Cornish, pilot,
Sgt John Ratcliffe, observer, †
Sgt Sidney Reginald Cassey, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard Albert Royal, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
