Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4405

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Plain, Valley

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0220LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called for assistance when the airplane crashed into Bluestone Plantation between Heydon and Cawston. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter Eric Frutiger, pilot,
Sgt Robert Arthur Chanin, pilot,
Sgt John Edward Hill, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Alfred Gapp, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1941 at 0615 LT

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P4359

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0107LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following morning, the crew got lost. Due to an unserviceable wireless, the crew were unable to ascertain their position and decided to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed between two army Nissen huts in Taverham Park, about 4 miles west of RAF Horsham St Faith, bursting into flames. All four crew members were uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sgt R. H. Pearman,
Sgt H. Masters,
Sgt H. E. Turner,
Sgt A. R. Simmons.

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

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P1302

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Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford

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The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Upper Heyford. On final approach, the airplane collided with a second RAF Hampden that just took off from the same airfield. Registered P1149, it was also engaged in a local training mission with two crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield, bursting into flames. A crew on board P1149 was injured while the second was killed. Both crew on board P1302 were also killed.
Crew:
F/O Swain Moxham, pilot,
Sgt Richard Ernest Fenton, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Upper Heyford: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1941

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P1149

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Takeoff (climb)

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Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford

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The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Upper Heyford. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane collided with a second RAF Hampden that was approaching to land. Registered P1302, it was also engaged in a local training mission with two crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield, bursting into flames. A crew on board P1149 was injured while the second was killed. Both crew on board P1302 were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt W. Walker, pilot,
Sgt Harry James, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Nantes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1941

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AD750

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Bombing

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Finningley - Finningley

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The airplane departed RAF Finningley to bomb the French factory SNCASO located near Nantes-Château Bougon Airport. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed 2 km southeast of the airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Kelman Burr Thomas, pilot,
P/O George Harold Frederick Inniss, navigator,
Sgt Jack Lewis Franco, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Arnold Colson, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1941

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P4299

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Scampton – Scampton

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Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1800LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and all four crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William James Baird,
Sgt Robert I. Eastwood,
Sgt Leslie William Homard,
Sgt R. Hawkes.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Willingham by Stow: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1941 at 2015 LT

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P1328

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The crew was performing a night training exercise when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Willingham by Stow, about 3 km south of RAF Sturgate. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Ford Thurlbeck, pilot,
Sgt James Thomas Hawthorne, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1941 at 2000 LT

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AD725

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Takeoff (climb)

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The crew was engaged in a local training mission at RAF Hemswell. While on a night takeoff, the airplane crashed on a snow covered dispersal. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Neville Mellor Lloyd, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Guest, wireless operator. †

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

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941

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AD731

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