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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Rinkesfort

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE433
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1719LT on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rinkesfort. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander John Gallan,
P/O Edwin Lee Houghton,
P/O John Collin Monkhouse,
Sgt John Edward Woodward.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.