Date & Time:
Apr 25, 1942 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5330
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Rostok. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field in Sønderby. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Potter, pilot, †
Sgt Joseph Melvin Hicks, observer, †
Sgt James Henry Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank George Webster Adams, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Potter, pilot, †
Sgt Joseph Melvin Hicks, observer, †
Sgt James Henry Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank George Webster Adams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
