THE LAST FLIGHT OF AD730

THE LAST FLIGHT OF AD730

Hampden Bomber of No. 50 Squadron RAF
by

COLIN HILL

Brother of the Pilot

Originally Privately Printed by
Oxuniprint
Oxford University Press
2000

Table of Contents

Foreword
1.	What is known of last flight of AD730
2.	Background of the Hampden and its crews
3.	The Operation of 17/18 April 1941
4.	How did AD730 come to reach Ireland
5.	Appendices:
	1.	Operations on night of 17/18 April 1941 (Nos 44, 50 & 83 Squadrons)
	2.	Record of Hampden Raids on Berlin
	3.	Operational flights of P/O J.K. Hill
	4.	Last Letter of Sgt Lamb to his parents (16 April 1941)
	5.	Fuller description of Hampden Bomber
	6.	Sources and References
			Pilot Officer J. K. Hill, RAFVR 26/01/1918 –18/04/41

A reflection in Blessington Churchyard
County Wicklow, Ireland
18 April 1991

Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast
The little tyrant of his fields withstood:
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country’s blood.

From: Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
(Thomas Gray 1716 -1771)

The temporary wooden crosses on the graves of the
crew members of AD730

P/O J. K. HILL, SGT. F. H. ERDWIN
SGT. J. T. LAMB, SGT. S. WRIGHT
Died 18 April 1941