Hampden Mk. I  P4377 (EA- )                                                              Updated:  04 JAN 2010

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777831.htm Batho R F Sgt RAF 049 p465.htm HAM P4377 Minelaying The Kattegat d070840 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777830.htm Jennings R J Sgt RAF 049 p465.htm HAM P4377 Minelaying The Kattegat d070840 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777829.htm Jones J Sgt RAF 049 p465.htm HAM P4377 Minelaying The Kattegat d070840 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777832.htm Lindsay J F Sgt RAF 049 p465.htm HAM P4377 Minelaying The Kattegat d070840 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 7. august 1940 styrtede HAM P4377 i Kattegat, omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"6.-7. august 1940 (kl 01.15). Kattegat, mellem Skagen og Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minering: »Undergrowth« (her) ved Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.

12 Hampdens minerede ved Frederiksstad (her) i Norge og Frederikshavn. Kl. 21.00 lettede P4377, og derefter hørte man intet fra flyet. De tyske flakbatterier ved
Skagen og Frederikshavn beskød allierede fly i tidsrummet 01.00-01.30. Kl. 01.15 styrtede et brændende fly i Kattegat mellem Skagen og Frederikshavn.
Da P4377 var nattens eneste tab, må det derfor være Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM) og hans tre besætningsmedlemmer, der således forsvandt." (FT 89-34-6)


On 7 August 1940 HAM P4377 crashed into the Kattegat, about here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"6 - 7 August 1940 (01.15 hours). The Kattegat, between Skagen and Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minelaying: »Undergrowth« (here) at Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.

12 Hampdens laid mines at Frederiksstad (here) in Norway and Frederikshavn. P4377 took off at 21.00 hours and after that nothing was heard from the plane.
The German flak batteries at Skagen and Frederikshavn fired at allied planes in the time span 01.00-01.30 hours. At 01.15 hours a plane crashed, burning,
into the Kattegat between Skagen and Frederikshavn. As P4377 was the only loss that night, it must have been Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM) and his 3 crew
members who then disappeared." (FT 89-34-6)

See No. 49. Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary * 49 Squadron Association * RAF-Lincolnshire - 49 Sqn

This Hampden took off from RAF Scampton. Lost Bombers has this.