English RAF WADDINGTON WW2 HP HAMPDEN BOMBER & CREW 44 SQN
Date: Thursday 27 June 1940
Time: night
Type: Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator: 50 Sqn RAF
Registration: L4078
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: ½ km W of Duttenstedt, Rethen, 10 km SSE of Hannover - Germany
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport: RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4078 "VN-E" of 50 Squadron, RAF Waddington. Missing on night of 26-27/6/40 as one of six aircraft on a mission to attack the aerodrome at Langen Hagen. Took off at 22:17 on 26/6/40 and brought down by flak, crashing in the early morning near Rethen, about 10 km SSE of Hannover. The aircraft is believed to have crashed ½ km W of Duttenstedt, Germany. All are buried side-by-side in Hannover War Cemetery, locality of NiedersachsenI.
Crew:
P/O (40628) Anthoney Seton Luxmoore (pilot) RAF- killed.
Sgt (580426) Walter Cecil Harding (obs) RAF - killed.
Sgt (624403) Gerald Nichols (Wop/AG) RAF - killed.
Sgt (550966) Arthur Harry Smith (Wop/AG) RAF - killed.
- Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I L4078, Thursday 27 June 1940
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