Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of September 27 on an operation to Lorient. While returning at night, the crew got lost and were unable to locate RAF Scampton. Over Lincolnshire, the airplane was abandoned and crashed on the St Matthias Church in Lincoln. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Dudley Delacourtte Snooke, pilot,
P/O E. C. Brighouse,
P/O C. L. Turner,
Sgt K. McKenzie.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1923LT on an operation to Calais. At the end of the evening, while returning to his base, the crew encountered foggy conditions. On final in limited visibility, the airplane collided with trees and crashed shot of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O R. T. Mulligan,
P/O G. O. R. Kilner,
P/O G. W. Leonard,
Sgt C. J. Smith.

The crew was completing a night training exercice out from RAF Finningley when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field located some 3 km east of the airbase, near the village of Misson. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Edgecombe Lowe, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd Haig Beatty McLeod, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Finningley in the evening of September 26 on a mine laying mission. While returning the following morning, it ran out of fuel. There was thick mist at the time and the pilot thought he was over the water, the liferaft was found in the field nearby. When he emerged from the mist he was very close to the ground and crash landed in a field located in Chilton Polden. The pilot was uninjured while three other crew members were killed after they parachuted at very low level prior to the crash.
Crew:
Sgt Wally Huggins, pilot,
Sgt Eric Henry William Shelfer, pilot, †
Sgt Bernard Harvey, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt James Joseph Aloysius Bogue, air gunner. †

The crew was completing a training sortie at RAF Scampton. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the airfield and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt T. H. Whitehead +1.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Helsingborg, some 250 km northeast of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Patrick Earl, pilot,
P/O William Duncan Hermon, pilot,
Sgt Donald Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Clough Williams, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shortly after a night takeoff from RAF Hemswell, the airplane collided with a second RAF Hampden registered P4397 and crashed. A crew was killed and three others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed. P4397 was repaired and later served with 14 OTU.
Crew:
Sgt John Edwin Hills, pilot, †
Sgt R. F. Mills,
Sgt E. P. Fenwick,
Sgt T. L. Keet.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at night over the area of Cloppenburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bethen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Anthony Oscar Bridgman, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Frederick Blatch, observer, †
Sgt John Ernest Gorwood, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Francis Joseph Watson, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Finningley on operation 'Gardening'. Over the Elbe estuary, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Eric Thomas Watkin,
Sgt John McLean Fraser,
Sgt Sidney Bertie Keats,
Sgt Colin Kenmure.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the estuary of the Seine, few km south of Le Havre. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Anderson Pitcairn Hill, pilot,
P/O Arthur Peter Lindsell, pilot,
Sgt Charles Gordon McCarthy, observer,
P/O Victor Arthur Rendell, wireless operator and air gunner.