Date & Time: Apr 13, 1942 at 0422 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT120
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
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 Balderton at 2129LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. It failed to return and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Ian Meech, pilot,
Sgt John Joseph Davenport, observer,
F/Sgt George Malcolm Lantz, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gordon John Wilkie, air gunner.