Personnel Index - Detail
Name
HIND
First Names
S N
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
745404
Crew Position
Pilot
PoW Date
25/06/1941
Aircraft
Hampden AD788
Target
Kiel
PoW Camp(s)
PoW Number
9695
25/26 June, 1941; KIEL:
On a night of fine weather and local ground haze, 30 Hampdens and 17 Wellingtons caused light damage to Kiel.
Whilst in their post operational interrogation back at Scampton, Sgt pilot Green and crew reported seeing an aircraft being shot down and exploding in mid-air. Just one Hampden failed to return from the raid; that Hampden was (AD788) piloted by Sgt Hind of 49 Squadron.
Sgt Hind managed to bale out and was made a PoW. He was most distressed that his fellow crew members had not survived; all three are buried in the Kiel War Cemetery.
Hampden AD788 (EA-V)
F/S S.N. Hind DFM Pilot (P.o.W.)
Sgt C.W. Hancock W/Ag (Killed)
Sgt C.L. Ray 2nd Pilot (Killed)
Sgt P.E. Whiting A/G (Killed)