Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wangerooge Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1941 at 2045 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE317
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1705LT on an operation to Emden. Flying along the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wangerooge Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter James Moss, pilot,
Sgt Wilfrid Langdon Ball,
Sgt Ralph Hollesley Breckell,
Sgt John Francis Tarran, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Scamblesby: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1941 at 1455 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD759
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on a training sortie, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Scamblesby, killing both crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Foxley Hough, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Smith.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Baysdale: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1152
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2032LT on November 15 on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered icing conditions and crossed the English coastline much further north than planned. While descending, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill near Baysdale and was destroyed. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt William John Young, pilot,
Sgt Donald McGregor Symes, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Russell Bernard, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald St Clair Neale, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Scampton: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1941 at 1616 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3135
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Scampton. The accident happened when the pilot turned steeply to the left and lost control of the airplane that crashed at Hackthorne Hall, two miles northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Bryant, pilot,
AC2 Walter Henry Fulcher,
LAC Andrew Garven Wilson.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF North Luffenham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941 at 2343 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE311
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the afternoon on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the late evening, it swung on touchdown and collided with the airfield control caravan. All four crew members escaped uninjured while two airmen in the caravan were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Nightingale,
Sgt Sparks,
Sgt Gailey,
Sgt Ward.
Ground crew:
AC2 Frederick George Malin, †
AC1 George Roberts, †
LAC A. T. Higgins.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Roksem: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941 at 2052 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE438
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1755LT on an operation to Ostend. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Roksem. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Cayley Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Evan Bertram Te Makahi Robertson, observer,
Sgt Douglas Victor Markall, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Frederick William Norton, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Finningley

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L4176
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local bombing practice training flight on a nearby range when the airplane impacted trees and crashed northwest of the airbase. Two crewmen were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. A. Ogden, pilot,
Sgt McHugh +2.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Rinkesfort

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE433
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1719LT on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rinkesfort. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander John Gallan,
P/O Edwin Lee Houghton,
P/O John Collin Monkhouse,
Sgt John Edward Woodward.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Westeinde: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2107 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1206
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1714LT on an operation to Bocholt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Westeinde, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Christopher Arthur Saunders, pilot,
Sgt James Marcus D'Arcy, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Gordon Mullenger, wireless operator,
Sgt John Edward Kehoe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Dunkirk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2003 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE377
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1730LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Tom Copsey,
P/O Walter John Frost,
P/O John Lindsay,
P/O Francis Leonard Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.