Attached is a picture of Hampden AE116 being recovered after crashing at Waddington September 9th 1941.
The photograph was sent to me so I don’t know who took it, however the photograph is of great interest to me as my father was a crew member of the aircraft when it crashed. I am hopeful someone has a clearer copy of the picture that they can share with me.
With thanks, David.
By: David Layne - 2nd June 2013 at 18:52
Many thanks Terry, all is clear now.
By: TerryP - 2nd June 2013 at 17:57
Engine driven Hydraulic pump was on the starboard engine, only.:
By: David Layne - 2nd June 2013 at 17:43
Revisiting this thread with another picture of the aircraft’s recovery.
As this aircraft lost its right engine am I correct in presuming that the landing gear hydraulics would not have worked and the aircraft made a wheels up landing? Do the pictures substantiate this?
By: brewerjerry - 14th December 2008 at 04:10
Hi
might be my eyesight, but there appears to be a small light bar, – , over the a , so it could be bar a,
As mentioned because there was already an A used by another a/c.
I thought this was used a lot on lanc squadrons, but think they used large letters.
cheers
Jerry
By: David Layne - 13th December 2008 at 14:25
Liverpool Annie kindly sent me this information but I still have not come across a decent picture.
Nos. 48 and 50 Squadrons were more fortunate. The entire complement of raiders reached the English coast by the early hours, tired but unscathed. By 0400 hrs the first of the forty-five aircraft were arriving over the English coast, only to find that the flat land of Norfolk and Lincolnshire was clothed in thick fog. Hampden AE116 of No. 50 Squadron was the first to force-land, slightly damaging the airframe as she slid to a halt in a field near Waddington. By 0650 hours the last Hampden was on the ground, not on her base at Scampton, but wrecked in a field at Stadtbroke in Suffolk. The crew was uninjured. The thick fog had taken its toll, forcing down twelve of the fifty-one aircraft that set off for Germany, their crews being disoriented and low on fuel. Fortunately, a total of only three crew were injured out of the forced landings, but No. 44 Squadron, after faring badly over the target zone, lost one more airplane when it crashed near Dorking, killing one of the crew.
By: Alex Crawford - 6th December 2008 at 08:41
Hi,
Maybe there were two ‘A’s in the squadron and this was how they told them apart.
Alex
By: David Layne - 5th December 2008 at 20:33
Unusual to see lower case on RAF codes, or any for that matter ?:confused:
I’ve wondered about that too. Actually it appears that the “a” is the only letter in lower case. The VN (50 Squadron) looks to be upper case.
Again I repeat my request, I am hopeful someone can come up with a cleaner version of this picture.
Thanks, David.
By: BSG-75 - 5th December 2008 at 16:26
Odd individual aircraft letter “a”?
Unusual to see lower case on RAF codes, or any for that matter ?:confused:
By: paulmcmillan - 5th December 2008 at 13:45
Point taken – yes should be 9 hour duration, so early 3rd Sept
Thnaks for correction
By: kev35 - 5th December 2008 at 13:29
Paul.
Where does it say 9am for the landing? I must be missing it somewhere.
Unless you are referring to the 9.35 in red in the right hand column. But that is the duration of the flight.
Regards,
kev35
By: paulmcmillan - 5th December 2008 at 13:23
Log book says take off 2nd September 1941, Landing 9am 3rd Sept 1941 !
By: Peter Clare - 5th December 2008 at 09:56
Details according to Air Britain RAF Serials AA100 – AZ999….
Hampden I: AE116 – 50 Squadron / Converted to Torpedo Bomber / 489 Squadron – SOC 9 June 1944.
By: RPSmith - 5th December 2008 at 01:07
Strange markings?
Roger Smith.
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