Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1942 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT187
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Country:
United Kingdom
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 in the evening of April 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base, the crew was forced to make and emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crashed at Wrights Farm in Holbeach. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. D. Smith, pilot,
Sgt William Alexander McMeekin Allen, observer,
Sgt George Frederick Johnston, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Frank Woodfield, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt H. D. Smith, pilot,
Sgt William Alexander McMeekin Allen, observer,
Sgt George Frederick Johnston, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Frank Woodfield, wireless operator and air gunner.
