Bind, Edward Dudley (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-September-04

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RCAF

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144 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Who Shall Stop Us

Base

RAF Banff, Scotland

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

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Service Numbers

R/69862
PoW: 27119

The aircraft was shot down by a German fighter at the Russia - Finland border when on a ferry flight to Russia.

The aircrew all bailed out safely and parachuted to safety and became prisoners of war.

POWs: Sergeant Henry Lewis Bertrand RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Edward Dudley Bind RCAF R/69862 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Cpl George Richard Desforges RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Kenneth Scott Piper RCAF R/74851 POW Stalag 2D Stargard. Sergeant Kenneth Clayton Smith RCAF R/79571 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hampden serial: P1273

(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

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hampden Bomber

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrel Publications Hampden - Kestrel Publications