Date:	Tuesday 4 June 1940
Time:	02:52 LT
Type:	Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator:	83 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P1178
MSN:	OL-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	Emmerich

Narrative:
Handley Page Hampden Mk.1 P1178 (OL-H) of 83 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) on night of 4/6/40 when shot down by night fighter (Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Schmale of the 12.(N)/JG 2, who was flying a Bf 109D from Köln-Ostheim airfield) on a raid to Emmerich. Aircraft took off from RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, and came down near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, All four crew killed.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Francis John Haydon RAF 39663 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 March, 1938) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles Eric Greenwell RAF 41284 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 November, 1938) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Jack Lenton Perry RAF 581034 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant David Reginald Ivan Thomas RAF 619032 [Killed]

The crew were buried initially in Aachen Ehrenfriedhof buyt now lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1978 p 5)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/769: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502378
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/83_squadron.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archives/air-81-raf-casualty-packs-1939-45-part-3-600-to-899/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047462/haydon,-francis-john/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2047325/greenwell,-charles-eric/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032410/perry,-jack-lenton/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032983/thomas,-david-reginald-ivan/
9. https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/02/02/nachtjagd-ii/
10. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
11. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jul-2013 17:10	JINX	Added
07-Jul-2013 17:15	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type]
10-Jul-2015 19:31	DG333	Updated [Operator]
26-Mar-2018 21:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2018 19:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2018 12:05	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Jun-2019 18:09	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2019 19:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Other fatalities, Source]
22-Jun-2022 14:40	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
24-Jun-2022 22:36	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
22-May-2024 17:40	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]