Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Rethen: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 27, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4078
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington to bomb the Hanover-Langenhagen Airport. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rethen, about 10 km southeast of Hanover. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anthoney Seton Luxmoore, pilot,
Sgt Walter Cecil Harding, observer,
Sgt Gerald Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Harry Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Anthoney Seton Luxmoore, pilot,
Sgt Walter Cecil Harding, observer,
Sgt Gerald Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Harry Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
