Date & Time:
Jul 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD739
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
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 Scampton in the evening of July 6 on an operation to Brest. It was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Aldridge,
F/Sgt Kenneth Coney,
F/Sgt Ian Malcolm Temple Fisher,
F/O Andrew James Henderson.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Aldridge,
F/Sgt Kenneth Coney,
F/Sgt Ian Malcolm Temple Fisher,
F/O Andrew James Henderson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
