Handley-Page Hampden P5433 wreck site, Saanich Inlet. WWII medium bomber (serial P5433, RAF OTU 32). Crashed 14 March 1943. Site designation DeRu-214. Located approx. 500m offshore between Coal Point and Warrior Point, depth ~26m.
Times Colonist article dated June 9 2024. Headline: Divers to place plaque to mark fatal plane wreck in Saanich Inlet. Features UASBC member Jacques Marc.
Scanned newspaper clipping from the Victoria Daily Colonist, Thursday 18 March 1943. Headline: Bomber Crashes In Saanich Inlet. Reports one flyer dead (P.O. A.W. Hunt) and three missing after a medium bomber crashed into Saanich Inlet during a routine night flying test.
Black and white photograph of a Handley-Page Hampden medium bomber in flight above the islands of British Columbia. Courtesy BC Aviation Museum. Aircraft visible markings include HAG.
Black and white photograph of Handley-Page Hampden aircraft at RAF Sidney (Patricia Bay), BC, dated 17 June 1942. Inscribed: R.S.G. 114A, HAMPDEN A/C, R.A.F. SIDNEY B.C. 17.6.42. Courtesy BC Aviation Museum.
Records related to the Handley-Page Hampden P5433 wreck site in Saanich Inlet. The aircraft (serial P5433, RAF OTU 32) crashed on 14 March 1943 during a training flight from Patricia Bay. The wreck was rediscovered in October 2022 by local diver Lyle Berzins at a depth of approximately 26 metres.