Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3154 coded ZN-A of 106 Squadron RAF crashed on Rushup Edge near Chapel-en-le-Frith 21st December 1940.

 

Name

Rank- if applicable

Position e.g. Pilot

Status

 Michael Hubbard

Pilot Officer 

Pilot

Killed

 Kenneth W. B. Perkins

Sergeant

Navigator 

Killed

 David William Smith

Sergeant

Wireless Op./ Air gunner 

Killed

Derrick Joseph Davey 

Sergeant  

Air gunner 

Killed

 

The crew of the aircraft were on a night cross country navigation exercise from RAF Finningley near Doncaster.

 

Crash site of X3154

Myself looking at the very small remains of X3154 on Rushup Edge.

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