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

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P2077
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Bernburg. It was shot down over the Netherlands by the German Flak and crashed in Valom. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Hubert Percival Clark, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Michael Wilkes, navigator,
Sgt Gerald Edgar Harris, air gunner,
Sgt John Lewis Brooks, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4410
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton to attack targets along the Dortmund -Ems Kanal. It was lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O Ellis Henry Ross,
Sgt Ronald John Buckley,
Sgt Joseph Langley Dewhurst,
Sgt Kenneth Anthony Sayer.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4340
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton to attack targets along the Dortmund -Ems Kanal. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Mesum. Two crew were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Denys Hill, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Abel, wireless operator, †
F/Lt Allen Roy Mulligan,
Sgt Wilfred Gordon Wishart Younger.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4379
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Salzbergen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Kirchweyhe, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Harry Christie Sheldon, pilot,
F/Sgt Wilfred Ward, observer,
Sgt Robert McCrindle Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Edward Throwner, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4335
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Salzbergen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the suburb of Münster. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Cedric Cundill,
P/O Donald Edwin Garderner,
Sgt Douglas Ronald Aldom,
Sgt William Barrie Taylor.

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

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1940 at 0130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L4036
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed south of Lüdenscheid. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Francis Gower, pilot,
P/O Edwin Arthur Harris, navigator,
Sgt Alfred James Baum, observer,
Sgt Percy William Norman Jelley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1940 at 2258 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P4368
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Homsberg. While flying over the Netherlands at night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the IJsselmeer off Kampen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Frank Tudhope, pilot,
Sgt Spencer Lewis Smith Belton, navigator,
Sgt Arthur James Griffiths, wireless operator air gunner,
Sgt Duncan MacKay, wireless operator air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4382
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2147LT for a night practice flight, but w/t signals received indicated that the aircraft was proceeding towards Vlieland Island. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O George Grant Kingsmill Nolan, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Shook, navigator,
Sgt Edward Stanislaws Quinn, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Milton Beattie, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Mannheim

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4053
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen. Cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Mannheim. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ian Menzies Muir, pilot,
Sgt Walter Barber,
Sgt John Leakey,
AC2 Francis Arthur Stone.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4187
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Owston Ferry, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Stuart Dalgress, pilot,
Sgt David Kinnaird Mills, pilot,
Sgt William Claude Goldsmith, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Fleming Wilson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the pilot lost control of the airplane after being dazzled by searchlights.