Vevers, Eric (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-18

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Birth Date: 1920

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Service

RAFVR

Unit

1 (OT) TTU- Torpedo Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Turnberry

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

1149764

Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 168

1 Torpedo Training Unit, RAF Turnberry, England. Hampden I aircraft AT 125 was possibly in a mid-air collision with 1TTU Wellington aircraft LB 237 during a training exercise. The Hampden crashed into the sea near Lady Isle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland

Sergeant E Vevers (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

Sergeant Vevers has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hampden serial: AT125

(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