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Hunking, Elwin Thomas (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-01

Canada

Birth Date: 1922-February-06 (age 20)

Born: Hullett County Ontario

Son of Norman Hunking, and of Lillian Hunking, of Clinton, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Clinton, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
14 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Air Gunner

Service Numbers
R/78903

14 Operational Training Unit (Keep With The Pack). Hampden aircraft P 5322 was shot down at Cologne, Germany. One RAF and one RAAF member of the crew missing believed killed. One Canadian, Sergeant Morrison, was either taken Prisoner of War or was an Evader. addendum 2: See page 343. Hampden aircraft P 5322 was shot down at Cologne, Germany during Ops. to Dusseldorf, Germany. Sgt. C.A.B. McMullin (RAF), F/0. R.E. Guthrie (RAAF) were also killed. One Canadian, Sgt. J.H. Morrison, was taken Prisoner Of War.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flight Sergeant Elwin Thomas Hunking was exhumed and reburied.

Home

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Clinton, Ontario

Target
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Dusseldorf Germany

First Burial
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Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
1 G 7

Hampden P5322

Flight Sergeant Hunking, Elwin Thomas (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-August-01
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Male Head

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Morrison, John Howard (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1942-August-01
cemetery unknown

Handley Page Hampden

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.

Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne. In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Hampden Bomber

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrek Publications Hampden - Kestrel Publications

last update: 2022-01-13 21:37:22

Hampden Mk. I P5322

With 14 OTU. Bombing Dusseldorf. Missing, cause not known.

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