Hampden AD939 I - Operational - 1941-08-31 to 1941-08-31
Squadron: 44 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-08-31
Completion Date: 1941-08-31
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RAF Waddington
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Return Base: RAF Waddington
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Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: near RAF Waddington
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: midair
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44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina regis lusta) RAF Waddington. Hampden I aircraft AD 939 lost in a mid-air collision with 412 squadron RCAF Spitfire IIa aircraft P 8586 with the loss of all three aircrew members on the Hampden as well as the pilot of the Spitfire

Leading Aircraftman F B Prest (RAFVR) (Can), Pilot Officer P R Owen (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant D G Forbes (RAFVR) all on Hampton AD 939 as well as Pilot Officer W R Hughes (RCAF) were killed in this flying training accident

The Hampton crashed in fields just off White Lane near RAF Waddington, while the Spitfire crashed into the nearby North Sea

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