Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Stenhouse Boak, pilot,
Sgt Francis John Brooker,
Sgt James Douglas Marshall,
Sgt Charles Harold Wise.

The crew departed RAF Cottesmore on a night training flight. En route, he encountered poor visibility en became lost. The pilot descended through clouds in an attempt to locate his position when the aircraft struck the ground and crashed at How Tallon, about 5 km southwest of Barningham. All four crew members were rescued, among them two were injured.
Crew:
P/O Derrick John Fielder, pilot,
Sgt Andrew Ogilvie Hawes, pilot,
Sgt A. C. White, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Wilfred Gray, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1840LT on October 2 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning at night, it crashed in a dummy flare-path at Woodhall Innerwick, some four miles southeast of Dunbar. All four crew members were rescues, one was injured.
Crew:
P/O E. M. Thwaites,
P/O R. S. Hook,
Sgt Day,
Sgt E. S. Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of October 1st on a mine laying sortie off Bordeaux. On return at night, upon landing at RAF Turweston, the undercarriage collapsed and the airplane came to rest. All four crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L H. P. Broad +3.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Day, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Robert Sillett,
Sgt John Tomlinson,
Sgt George James Devlin, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 2315LT on September 30 on an operation to Berlin. Due to intense antiaircraft fire over the target area, the crew attacked another target then returned to his base at the end of the night. While overflying Terschelling, in the Netherlands, the left engine caught fire due to an oil leak and failed. Nevertheless, the crew was able to continue to RAF Bircham Newton but on short final at dawn, the airplane crash in Docking, north of the airfield. All four crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
P/O D. E. F. Powell,
Sgt Martin,
Sgt R. E. Drake,
Sgt Green.

Shortly after a night takeoff from RAF Bircham Newton, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. All four crew members escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L Oxley,
P/O Hook,
P/O Pichel-Juan,
Sgt Fullerton.

While on a night training exercice, the twin engine bomber impacted the slope of Black Edge located near Buxton. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Owen Cook, pilot, †
Sgt John Gray Gow, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Burt, wireless operator, †
Sgt N. Powell.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1859LT on September 29 to attack the Bosch Factory in Stuttgart. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
S/L John Cornelius Taylor,
Sgt Alan Gordon Hobson,
Sgt Peter Anthony Merrick,
Sgt Kenneth Harrison Watchous.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a night training exercice. While cruising over the area of Manchester, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located in Haigh. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Norman Colin Catley, pilot,
Sgt William Nicol, observer,
Sgt Bertram Victor Hastie, wireless operator and air gunner.