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Hampden AE243 Information

Type	Hampden
Serial Number	AE243
Squadron	455
X1D	UB-B
Operation	Rover Patrol
Date 1	7th November 1942
Date 2	8th November 1942

Further Information

"Serial Range AE218 - AE267. 50 HP52 Hampden Mk.B.1. Part of a batch of 425 Hampden B.1. AD719-AD768; AD782-AD806; AD824- AD873; AD895-AD939; AD959-AD988; AE115-AE159; AE184-AE203; AE218- AE267; AE286-AE320; AE352-AE401; AE418-AE442. Delivered by The English Electric Co.(Preston) between Oct40 and Oct41. AD743; AD908; AD977; AE194; AE231; AE307; AE310; AE363 were converted to Hampden TB (Torpedo Bomber) and transferred to the USSR. AE243 was one of two 455 Sqdn Hampdens lost on this operation. see : P1201. Airborne 1830 7Nov41 from Swinderby on a Rover Patrol towards Cologne. all are buried in Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium. Sgt M.A.Jenkins KIA Sgt D.R.Rawlings KIA Sgt G.A.McGarvey KIA F/S K.Morris KIA "