Hampden I P4352 - The North Sea                                                   Updated: 03 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777409.htm Apperson E T Sgt RAF 44 p010.htm HAM P4352 Minelaying The North Sea d040740 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777410.htm Baird A Sgt RAF 44 p010.htm HAM P4352 Minelaying The North Sea d040740 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a064001.htm Bull W S F/Lt RAF 44 p010.htm HAM P4352 Minelaying The North Sea d040740 b040840 c064.htm Nr. Lyngvig
e777411.htm Todd D A P/O RAF 44 p010.htm HAM P4352 Minelaying The North Sea d040740 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 4. juli 1940 styrtede HAM P4352 i Nordsøen under en minelægningsoperation til området omkring her ved sydspidsen af Langeland.
Se Minelægningsområder. Hele besætningen omkom. Se Hampden + foto.

HAM P4352 forlod RAF Waddington kl. 21.22 den 3. juli 1940. Operation antages at være gennemført. Rapporterede at flyve på en motor (af to) kl. 01.03. Sidste stedbestemmelse kl. 03.47. (Kilde: p010MACR)

"Liget af W. S. Bull blev fundet den 27. juli 1940 inddrevet på stranden (omkring her) i Mogens Aaes strandlen ved Klegod. Begravelsen fandt den 4. august 1940." (FAF)

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  01 MAR 2026
1 flyver fra HAM P4352 blev begravet i Nr. Lyngvig. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 4 flyvere.
 
On 4 July 1940 HAM P4352 crashed into the North Sea on a minelaying operation to the area about here at the south point of Langeland.
See Minelaying areas. All of the crew perished.

HAM P4352 left RAF Waddington at 21:22 on 3 July 1940. Operation presumed to have been carried out. Reported flying on one engine 01:03.
Last fix 03:47. (Source: p010MACR)

On 27 July 1940 the body of W. S. Bull was found washed ashore on the beach (about here) near Klegod.
He was buried (in Norre Lyngvig) on 4 August 1940. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from HAM P4352 was buried in Norre Lyngvig. 3 airmen have no known grave. 4 airmen.

See Hampden + photo * No. 44 Squadron RAF in Wikipedia * No. 44 Squadron (RAF): Second World War * RAF-Lincolnshire.info: 44 Squadron.
Hampden I P4352 KM-  took off from RAF Waddington on 03 JUL 1940. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 
Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  01 MAR 20264 airmen.