Date & Time:
Apr 3, 1943 at 1050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4084
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
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:
While engaged in a fighter affiliation exercise with two Hawker Typhoons, the crew was forced to take an evasive action when control was lost. From an altitude of 2,000 feet, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Donald Montgomery, pilot,
W/O William James MacKay, navigator,
F/Sgt John Douglas Scott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Whipple, wireless operator.
Crew:
W/O Donald Montgomery, pilot,
W/O William James MacKay, navigator,
F/Sgt John Douglas Scott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Whipple, wireless operator.
