Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1942 at 2319 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT190
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2122LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Oberhausen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Bottrop. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Marshall, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Woodhead, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Webster, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Alfred Collins, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Marshall, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Woodhead, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Webster, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Alfred Collins, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
