Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT218
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Country:
Germany
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 North Luffenham on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located north of Bad Berleburg. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Charles Weeks, pilot, †
P/O David Huntly Johnson, observer, †
Sgt Sydney Rickard, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Maurice Young Kennedy, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Henry Charles Weeks, pilot, †
P/O David Huntly Johnson, observer, †
Sgt Sydney Rickard, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Maurice Young Kennedy, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
