Hello Bill,
Thanks for correction AE177, should have read AE197, my typo error -again
Re AE385,
Hampden file has -
44/420/408 - 12.9.42- Stalled dived into ground Balderton.
Choreley BCLvol3 has -
12 Sep 1942 - 408 Sqn - Hampden I - AE385 - EQ- - Training
Sgt G M Frame RCAF +
F/S W G Keogh RCAF +
T/o Balderton for circuit practice, stalled and crashed 2123, bursting into flames, just over 2 miles NE of the airfield. Both airmen are buried in Newark-upon-Trent Cemetery.
Note: This was the last Hampden written off by an operational Bomber Command squadron.
Also both crewmen are recorded as 408 Sqn in CWGC lists.
All the best
Alex