Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P1156

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Wigsley - Wigsley

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The airplane departed RAF Wigsley at 1522LT on 'Operation Fuller'. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter Edwin Perrin, pilot,
P/O Alexander Richard Abbott, navigator,
Sgt Ralph Edward Tomlinson, wireless operator,
F/O Edward Graham de Twenebroke Symons, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE240

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea near the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Mervyn Harry Holt, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Lawson Lee, observer,
P/O Stanley William Alfred Way, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Cyril Toghill, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AT175

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Haycroft Henniker Banness,
Sgt John Canavan,
W/Cdr Geoffrey Frederick Simond,
Sgt William Victor Walters,
F/O Herbert Wathey.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AT177

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Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

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The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Derek Guy Carter, pilot,
Sgt Donald McGregor Symes, navigator,
Sgt Frederick George Hancock, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald William Meeking, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE396

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Walter Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth William Heard, observer,
Sgt Alexander Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Cyril Toghill, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE132

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Charles Pollitt, pilot,
Sgt Irving Greenstreet, observer,
Sgt Robert John Cridge, wireless operator,
Sgt William Smith, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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P4400

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1337LT on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea, maybe some 10 km west of Katwijk aan Zee.
Crew:
P/O John Robert Topping, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Ashfield, observer,
F/O Edward Graham Fowler, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Henry Mate, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1942 at 1820 LT

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AE425

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Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1820LT on an operation to Mannheim. Almost immediately after takeoff, at a height of just 40 feet, the left engine failed. The airplane swung violently and crashed into trees. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Horner,
Sgt Walker,
Sgt Hutcheson,
Sgt Porter.

Probable cause:

Failure of the left engine after liftoff.

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

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1604 LT

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