Hampden Crash Kiel 2 July 1940

I am looking for more information regarding the circumstances surrounding the shooting down of this aircraft - Hampden P1171 OL-P (83 Squadron RAF). I particularly hope for German information as the crash site was photographed. I have low-res copies of these images but no direct information. Many thanks in advance.

[Larry]

Jon,

Do you have details of the crew and their mission as these are in The Hampden File, by Harry Moyle from Air Britain Publications?

If you need this I'll post details

[Larry Hickey]

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.



Regards,


Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator