Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Stuttgart: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 30, 1940
Registration:
X2902
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1859LT on September 29 to attack the Bosch Factory in Stuttgart. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
S/L John Cornelius Taylor,
Sgt Alan Gordon Hobson,
Sgt Peter Anthony Merrick,
Sgt Kenneth Harrison Watchous.
Crew:
S/L John Cornelius Taylor,
Sgt Alan Gordon Hobson,
Sgt Peter Anthony Merrick,
Sgt Kenneth Harrison Watchous.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.