Date & Time: Jul 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT235
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 North Coates on a maritime patrol flight along the Dutch coast. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Gerald Griffith Oakes James, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Kingsley Farnie, observer,
F/Sgt Gordon Alvery Pearce, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Gibbons, air gunner.