Can anybody help with more information regarding the loss of Hampden Bomber L4171 please
23-24/05/1940: Type: HP52 Hampden Mk.B.1 Serial number: L4171, KM-? Operation: Communications, D Lost: 24/05/1940 Squadron Leader (Pilot) Charles E. Johnson, RAF 37290, 44 Sqdn., age unknown, 24/05/1940, Rheinberg War Cemetery, G Pilot Officer (Pilot) David C. Barker, RAF 42043, 44 Sqdn., age 19, 24/05/1940, Rheinberg War Cemetery, G Sergeant (Obs.) Harold G. Collins, RAF 517528, 44 Sqdn., age 26, 24/05/1940, Rheinberg War Cemetery, G Corporal (W. Op. [Air]) William Crook, RAF 532528, 44 Sqdn., age 23, 24/05/1940, Rheinberg War Cemetery, G Airborne from Waddington to attack rail communication in tactical support of the BEF, France. Hit by Flak and crashed near Aachen, Germany
23/24 May 40. 122 aircraft - 50 Hampdens, 48 Wellingtons, 24 Whitleys. To bomb trains, road and rail bridges and junctions over a wide area. The Hampdens were allocated targets in Germany west of the Rhine and in Holland; other aircraft were sent to France and Belgium. 2 Hampdens and 1 Whitley lost. cited in 'The Bomber Command War Diaries' by Middlebrook and Everitt, p.46
