Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of August 25 on an operation to Mannheim. Over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pepingen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Arthur Whiting, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon Charles Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Christie, air gunner, †
P/O Antony Edwin Hayward.

The airplane departed Balderton Airfield on a local training exercise. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, it collided with a flock of birds, causing the left engine to fail. The airplane lost height and crashed. All four crew members evacuated safely.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2140LT on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Planstadt, southwest of Heidelberg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Allan Frederick McGruer, pilot,
P/O James Paul Erly, observer,
Sgt James Walter Goddard, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Leonard Powell Rawlinson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. The following night, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances some six miles east of Bridlington. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Walter Robert Ilsley, pilot,
P/O Richard John Potts, pilot,
Sgt George Dixon Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt Glyn Thomas Shirley, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2310LT on an operation to Cologne. Five minutes later, it suffered an engine failure and crashed in Chapel Hill, near the airbase. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. J. Field,
P/O G. L. Finlayson,
Sgt F. Norman,
Sgt N. D. Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2145LT on August 17 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched in the sea off Holy Island. All four crew members were rescued by a local patrol boat.
Crew:
Sgt G. S. Linacre,
Sgt J. Harrison,
Sgt W. Hunt,
Sgt R. H. Calder.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2255LT on August 17 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the east bank of the Paterswoldsemeer, south of Groningen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Eric Cyril Maskell, pilot,
P/O Henry Law, navigator, †
Sgt George Albert Cowell, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Francis Barclay Orwin, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2205LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Gembloux. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Acres, observer, †
P/O James Grant, †
P/O Gordon Geoffrey Watts, pilot, †
Sgt John Henry Cook,
Sgt Gordon Vivian Lynn.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2220LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meijel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Birtwhistle,
Sgt Jack Harker,
Sgt Robert George Woodwards,
P/O Terence Myles Robinson.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2315LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt John Gordon Armstrong,
Sgt Sydney Cyril Edwards, wireless operator,
Sgt John Flint,
Sgt Charles Richard Morley.