Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2000LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Kessel. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt W. F. Osborne, pilot,
Sgt John Fred Reginald Boyall, observer, †
Sgt Donald Skene, wireless operator, †
Sgt S. A. T. Davies, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2000LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Ittervoort. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. West, pilot,
Sgt John Spencer, pilot, †
Sgt Eric James Butler, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Thompson Wright, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1930LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Neer. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O G. J. Cornish, pilot,
Sgt John Ratcliffe, observer, †
Sgt Sidney Reginald Cassey, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard Albert Royal, air gunner. †

The airplane, with Sergeant John James Campbell as pilot, took off to carry out a general test prior to an operational trip that night. The flight was to have been for about three hours’ duration. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were favorable. The cloud base was about 3,000 feet and visibility was over 5 miles. Two hours later the aircraft was seen flying at tree-top height near St. Denys Road, Evington. After circling for a few minutes it dived lightly and then levelled out. Immediately afterwards the port mainplane struck the roofs of three houses, demolishing the chimney stacks. A woman standing in the back garden of No. 26 St. Denys Road, was killed by falling debris. After hitting the houses it struck high trees about 40 yards distant and the tail unit and part of the bomb compartment were torn off. It then crashed into the adjoining field and distributed itself over a distance of 120 yards, killing the pilot and the 1st WOp/Air Gunner. Interviewed at the hospital next day, the 2nd WOp/Air Gunner., who was the sole survivor, said that a short while before the crash they had been flying round the telephone exchange at Uppingham. It was later learned that the pilot had, until two days before, been on leave, staying at St. Denys Road, Evington, with a lady friend, who was a telephonist employed at Uppingham Exchange.
Crew:
Sgt John James Campbell, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Albert Carn, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. E. Kilduff.
The woman killed on the ground was Mrs. Maud Louisa Harris.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore on a night bombing exercise. While flying over Lincolnshire, it was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed in Little Bytham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert John Holborow, pilot,
P/O William Ernest Cochrane, observer,
Sgt Walbey John Cunningham, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1950LT on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Preetz, about 15 km southeast of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Frederick Chipperfield, pilot,
F/O Donald Gordon Glennie, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon Donnelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Claude Percival Thomas, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying operation when it crashed in unknown circumstances near Pihen-lès-Guînes. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph George Curley, pilot,
P/O Edward Townley Laverack, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ashurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Stevenson Campbell, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1950LT on a mine laying operation off Brest. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Anthony Foster,
Sgt Marcus Anthony Hollingshead,
P/O Anthony Eyre Jackson,
P/O Anthony Frank Phillips.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1900LT on an operation to Brest. Over Britany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Saint-Renan. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Patrick Julyan Polglase, pilot,
P/O Walter Brown, navigator,
F/Sgt George Allanson, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward J. Holman, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1205LT on an operation to Brest. While flying at an altitude of 500 feet, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the sea off Scilly Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Frank Cheesman,
P/O Hugh Murtagh Macrossan,
Sgt John Henry Matthews,
Sgt Frederick Richard Worthington.