Handley Page Hampden P2118



This photo is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved. image from wikipediia commons.

Belonging to No 519 Squadron RAF, crashed on 25th August 1943 after flying into a thunder storm while returning to it's base at Wick after searching for around 8 hours for another Hampden that had gone missing. No trace of the other Hampden (P5334) was ever found.

Information from 'Hell on High Ground' by Dave Earl.