Den 17. oktober 1940 styrtede HAM X2973 i Nordsøen. Det startede fra RAF Hemswell kl. 22.00 den 16. oktober 1940. (Kilde: MACR)

"På hjemturen fra et bombetogt over Tyskland udsendte Hampden X 2973 den 17. oktober 1940 SOS signal fra en position (omkring her)
ca. 20 miles nord for Terschelling Fyrtårn.

Den 3. december 1940 fandt man et besætningsmedlem fra dette fly, J. H. Brown, drevet i land ved Haurvig (omkring her).
Begravelsen (på Nr. Haurvig Kirkegård) foregik den 8. december. De 3 øvrige besætningsmedlemmer forsvandt i havet."

Sergeant (Air Observer) Robert Gilmour Young, 21 år, var søn af Hugh E. og Norah K. Young, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Hans navn er på Panel 21 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC og MACR) 4 flyvere.

On 17 October 1940 HAM X2973 crashed into the North Sea. It took off from RAF Hemswell at 2200 hrs on 16 October 1940. (Source: MACR)

On 17 October 1940 on the return flight from a bombing raid on Germany Hampden X 2973 sent an SOS signal from a position (about here) about 20 miles north of Terschelling Lighthouse.

On 3 December 1940 the body of J. H. Brown was found washed ashore near Haurvig (about  here).
He was buried in Norre Haurvig Churchyard on 8 December 1940. The 3 other crew members disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Observer) Robert Gilmour Young, 21, was the son of Hugh E. and Norah K. Young, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 21, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC and MACR)

See Bomber Command No. 144 Squadron  and 144 Squadron at RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
This Hampden took off from RAF Hemswell. See also the Royal Air Force Hemswell Association. 4 airmen.