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Old 24th August 2013, 19:10
Larry Hickey Larry Hickey is offline
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Re: Hampden Crash Kiel 2 July 1940

Hello,

We carry this in the EoE British Loss DB as follows:

"Night of July 1-2, 1940

Bomber Command

83 Squadron, Scampton
Hampden I P1171. Shot down by AA fire (1.Marine Flak Regt.) during night attack on the Scharnhorst and crashed in Kiel dockyard, Germany. P/O Douglas Redmayne (Pilot), Sgt Cyril Lee (Observer), Sgt Owen Sandford Gander (WOp/AG) and Sgt George Elliott Little (WOp/AG) all killed. Aircraft OL*P a write-off."
In addition, we carry three photos of this one in our EoE Photo DB. One shows the plane down on a spit of sand in the harbor area, and two others show the plane undergoing salvage. This may well be one of our color profile a/c for the EoE project, representing 83 SQ during the period.



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Larry Hickey
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