Date & Time:
Apr 3, 1942 at 0038 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5325
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wigsley to lay mines off the French coast. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Quiberon Bay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Maloney, pilot,
Sgt Calder Felton Woodburn, navigator,
F/O Harry Neville Young, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Horace Edward Rowley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Maloney, pilot,
Sgt Calder Felton Woodburn, navigator,
F/O Harry Neville Young, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Horace Edward Rowley, wireless operator and air gunner.
