Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Zwarte Meer: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 3, 1942 at 0140 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P5332
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington 2305LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Zwarte Meer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Garnett Wilde, pilot,
Sgt Alan Denis Bond, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Gibbs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Crothers, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Garnett Wilde, pilot,
Sgt Alan Denis Bond, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Gibbs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Crothers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
