Date & Time:
Apr 13, 1942 at 0032 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1239
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Netherlands
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 Waddington in the evening of April 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Japhet Salmon,
F/Sgt Ronald Johnson,
Sgt Cyril John Edmond Butler,
F/Sgt Robert Hammond.
Crew:
Sgt Japhet Salmon,
F/Sgt Ronald Johnson,
Sgt Cyril John Edmond Butler,
F/Sgt Robert Hammond.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
