Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE193

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2330LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure and ditched into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Luke,
Sgt Eric Robert Holmes Lyon,
Sgt Geoffrey Bryon Stanton,
Sgt Richard John Kenneth Woodroofe.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 1000 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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AD917

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Military

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Yes

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Norwich - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith on a transit flight to RAF Waddington. It went down on a Q site near the airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Spencer Mallen, pilot, †
Sgt E. A. Windsor, †
Sgt B. W. Johnson,
Sgt W. H. Saville.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Swinderby

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1941 at 2251 LT

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X2991

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Takeoff (climb)

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Swinderby - Swinderby

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2250LT on an operation to Mannheim. After liftoff, it encountered difficulties to gain height and crashed one minute later near the airfield. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Ferrie,
Sgt Redwood,
Sgt Holland.
Sgt Hawkins.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Limfjord: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1941 at 0330 LT

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AE301

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Flight

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2200LT on August 26 to lay mines in the Western Baltic Sea. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire while passing over Aalborg and crashed into the Limfjord. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Michael James Carr Harwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Noel Lusher, observer, †
F/Sgt William Alexander Oastler, wireless operator, †
Sgt Norman Thomas Powell.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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AE302

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Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2245LT on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Peter James Grundy,
Sgt Alan Mitchell,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Runcorn,
Sgt Hugh Vernon Wilkinson.

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

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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AE320

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Swinderby - Swinderby

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby in the evening of August 25 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pellingen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Roy Frederick Benson Temperley, pilot,
Sgt Richard James Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Fyvie, wireless operator,
Sgt Lionel Ronald Eames Sciville, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Scampton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1941 at 0250 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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X3121

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2030LT on August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was approaching the airfield when it collided with a second RAF Hampden registered AD967. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed northeast of the airbase, near the village of Hackthorn. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony John George Mills, pilot,
Sgt John Andrew Allan Somerville, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Ivor Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Victor Mason, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Scampton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1941 at 0250 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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AD967

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was approaching the airfield when it collided with a second RAF Hampden registered X3121. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed northeast of the airbase, near the village of Hackthorn. All eight crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ian Donald MacKinnon,
Sgt Owen Bernard McMahon,
Sgt Gathorne Field Upton,
Sgt Ernest Welbourne, wireless operator.

Ground explosion of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Scampton: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1941 at 0225 LT

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AE223

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Parking

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