Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1942 at 0051 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT221
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Country:
Germany
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 at 2146LT on April 10 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Stürzelberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Robert Charles Roberts, pilot,
F/O Frederick Abbey Keck, navigator,
Sgt John Ripley Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Hill Canning, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Robert Charles Roberts, pilot,
F/O Frederick Abbey Keck, navigator,
Sgt John Ripley Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Hill Canning, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
