File:Engine and parts from Handley Page HP.52 Hampden Mk.I (P1273 - PL-Q) (with FN4A turret) (50490492776).jpg

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English: Operated by 144 Squadron and coded ‘PL-Q’, Hampden Mk.I ‘P1273’ was being delivered to Russia on 5th September 1942 when it was shot down by Bf109s near the Finnish/Russian border.

The crew were:- Sergeant H.L.Bertrand (RCAF) - pilot Sergeant K.C.Smth - Navigator Sergeant K.S.Piper – Wireless operator / gunner Sergeant E.D.Blind - Gunner and Corporal G.R.DeForges – Ground crew All five crew bailed out safely and became prisoners of war. This wreckage from P1273 was recovered to the UK in 2002. To the right is a Fraser-Nash FN4A rear turret from an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. Wings Museum, Balcombe, West Sussex, UK

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Author Alan Wilson
Camera location51° 03′ 37.22″ N, 0° 10′ 06.16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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