Hampden P4356 - Bombing - 1940-06-29 to 1940-06-30
Squadron: 61 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1940-06-29
Completion Date: 1940-06-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Hemswell
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: QR-S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

61(Hull's own) Squadron RAF (Pur purum tonantes) RAF Hemswell. Hampden I aircraft P 4356 QR-S was shot down by a marine flak battery during an operation against targets in Geestacht, Germany. The Hampden crashed into shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk, Germany

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