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  Sergeant Robert James Jennings, 24 år, var 
søn af Robert og Elizabeth Jennings, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom. 
Hæderstegn: DFM, Distinguished Flying Medal. 
Hans navn er på Panel 16 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne 
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC) 
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« 
    ved Frederikshavn). 4 MIA. 
    (Se
    Minelægningsområder) 
    12 Hampdens minerede ved
	Frederiksstad 
    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) 
    
    Foto af en Hampden 
     
    4 flyvere. 
  Sergeant Robert James Jennings, 24, was 
the son of Robert and Elizabeth Jennings, of Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom. 
Awards: 
DFM, the Distinguished Flying Medal. He is commemorated on the  
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 16, among more than 20,000 airmen who have 
no known grave. (Source: CWGC) 
    	
He 
		is remembered on
		
		The Walls of Names at the 
		International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 55.        
On 7 August 1940 
HAM P4377 crashed into the 
Kattegat, about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review 
writes: "6 - 7 August 1940 (01:15). The Kattegat, 
between Skagen and 
Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ). 
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minelaying: 
»Undergrowth« 
at Frederikshavn). 4 MIA. 
(See
Minelaying areas) 
12 Hampdens laid mines at 
Frederikstad 
in Norway and Frederikshavn. P4377 took off at 21:00 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. At 01:15 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
49 Squadron Association *
RAF-Lincolnshire - 49 
Sqn * Photo of a Hampden 
Hampden I P4377 EA-K took off from RAF Scampton 
on 06 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew 
Remembered has
this.)  
 
4 airmen. 
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