Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1943 at 2031 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1151
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Saint Eval at 1632LT on an anti-shipping strike operation in the Bay of Biscay. During the attack, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off the French coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Alton Cline, pilot,
F/O Wilfred Blythe Keown, observer,
W/O Alexander Michael John Kelly, air gunner,
F/Sgt John McMahon Ryan, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Alton Cline, pilot,
F/O Wilfred Blythe Keown, observer,
W/O Alexander Michael John Kelly, air gunner,
F/Sgt John McMahon Ryan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
