Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Landing (descent or approach)

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P4381

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Training

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Fiskerton - Fiskerton

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Fiskerton. While turning at low altitude, the airplane impacted a tree and crashed one mile from the airfield. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt A. J. Garwell +2.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940

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X3047

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Gilbert Morgan,
Sgt Peter David Adams,
Sgt Edwin James Bushell,
Sgt Donald Alfred Jenner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940

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X2915

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Thomas Dawson,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Barker,
Sgt Joseph Cutler,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hayes.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Barton-le-Street

Date & Time: Oct 30, 1940 at 0430 LT

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X3000

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1756LT on October 29 to bomb the Danzigerstrasse Gas Works in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered icing conditions and abandoned the airplane that crashed in Barton-le-Street. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Colin James Ray Walker, pilot,
Sgt Kenyon Stafford Gowland, observer,
Sgt Douglas Owen Cole, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Emm, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Icing.

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

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940 at 2330 LT

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X3027

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. Prior to midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about a mile off Skegness. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Raymond Bufton, pilot,
P/O Konstantine Ballas-Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James William Bichard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Forrest Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940

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X2990

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying mission in the area of Bordeaux. Lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the Bay of Biscay. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Mitchell Dall,
Sgt James Gwyn Loveluck,
Sgt George Leslie Middleton,
Sgt Kenneth Ernest Young.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940 at 0005 LT

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X2998

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of October 25 on an operation to Kiel. Shortly after midnight, it crashed in Upton, near Gainsborough. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. Curtis,
Sgt A. Goulder,
Sgt E. H. Woods,
Sgt W. P. Anderson.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940

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X2971

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. Lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Reginald Humphrey,
Sgt Horace Cecil Loadsman,
Sgt Denis Isiah Pallett,
Sgt Frank Douglas Walter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1940

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