Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

While taking off from RAF Scampton at night, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height, struck a hedge and crashed in a nearby field. All four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Powell,
Sgt R. W. H. Baxter,
Sgt J. A. Robinson,
Sgt J. D. Hunt.

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

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1940 at 0315 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3125

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1720LT on November 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base after almost eight hours of flight, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in a field located in Saltfleet. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. V. Crum,
Sgt McAlwane,
Sgt Barley,
Sgt Adams.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1940 at 0140 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3064

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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While returning to RAF Hemswell at night, the airplane crashed on final approach near the village of Spital-in-the-Street, east of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Hopkins, pilot,
Sgt Frederick George Williamson, observer,
Sgt Scott Clark, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Eric Parker Fenwick, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Tickencote: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1940 at 1900 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P1320

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The crew was completing a training exercise when the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in Tickencote, near Stamford. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Frank Carthew, pilot, †
Sgt Matthew Coutts Mair, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt R. S. Bagnell,
Sgt R. S. Canham.

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

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1940 at 0846 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3052

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crash landed in Selschardijk. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Charles Dunphy, navigator,
sgt Sidney Rogers Hoskins, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Edward Bettison Torpey, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1940 at 2315 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2987

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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Yes

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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While returning at night to RAF Hemswell following an operation to Duisburg, the airplane undershot the runway and hit the bomb-dump. Both pilots were killed and both other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Spencer Castle Ivatt, pilot, †
Sgt Rowland Pelham, pilot, †
Sgt R. W. Smith,
Sgt F. Bithell.

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

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4194

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Finningley - Finningley

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The airplane departed RAF Finningley on a mine laying mission off Lorient. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Pluneret, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas William Glenn, pilot,
Sgt John Montague Ward, pilot,
Sgt Norman William Hull, wireless operator,
Sgt Alec William Newton, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Southrepps: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1940 at 0630 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3023

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Lutzkendorf. While returning to base, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions when the airplane crashed in Southrepps. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Leonard Frederick Ottoway, pilot, †
P/O Archie Ronald Kerr, navigator, †
Sgt Stanley Frederick Elliott, wireless operator, †
Sgt S Hird.

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

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1940

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3056

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Lutzkendorf. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew before crashing in an open field located in Withern. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Hartop,
Sgt Kirby,
Sgt Burns,
Sgt Daniels.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3024

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Lutzkendorf. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Ball,
Sgt Basil Terence Macy Fulton,
Sgt Tom Henry Mellon,
Sgt Douglas George Buchan Steel.