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

The pilot was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF North Luffenham. The airplane crashed almost immediately after takeoff, killing the pilot.
Crew:
Sgt John Harrison Carr, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1942 at 0540 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

P1186

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Plain, Valley

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Cottesmore - Cottesmore

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The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore on a night high level bombing exercise with a crew of four on board. In the early morning, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed less than a mile north of Pinchbeck. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Mitchell Marok, pilot,
P/O Walter Hugh Lynch, observer,
P/O Sydney Stanley White, observer,
Sgt Edward O’Connell, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

The cause of the accident could not be determined.

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

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1942 at 1737 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AD782

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 1737LT on an operation to Brest. After takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 1,500 feet, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Victor Charles Dadson, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Marsden, observer,
Sgt Harold Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Barclay Wright, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1942 at 1715 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AT129

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1712LT on an operation to Brest. Almost immediately after takeoff, it suffered a double engine failure and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Duncan Stuart Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Northrop, observer,
Sgt Albert Hibbitt, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Jardine, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure after takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1942 at 2220 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AT142

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

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The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on an operation to Münster. While returning to base in the evening, the crew diverted to RAF Cottesmore. On approach, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Exton, some 5 km south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O David Brian Peace, pilot,
Sgt John Wilson Adey, navigator,
Sgt Francis Haydn Brooke, wireless operator,
Sgt Archibald Donald Jory, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AT146

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1735LT on a mine laying operation off Wilhelmshaven. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the North Sea, maybe off the Frisian Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Spencer Edward Ellis, pilot,
F/Sgt Stewart Alexander Morrison, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Stuart Chantrell, wireless operator,
Sgt William Holland, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2230 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

AT130

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1725LT on an operation to Emden. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in a field in Sexbierum. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Victor Thomas Lawrence Wood, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Delargy Grealy, observer,
Sgt David Gardiner Semple, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Lewis Bott, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Zwolle: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2121 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

AE123

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1715LT on an operation to Bremen. In the evening, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Spoolde, in the suburb of Zwolle. The pilot was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Aubrey Wilfred Deere, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Gerard Winder Berry,
Sgt Vernon Victor Cooper,
Sgt Bertram James Pryor Palmer.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AT119

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Swinderby - Swinderby

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1719LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Froombosch. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ian Macpherson Ince, †
Sgt George Edmondson Wilkinson, †
Sgt Samuel Williams, †
Sgt G. F. Poulton.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2059 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AE352

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Swinderby - Swinderby

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1720LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Delfzijl, about 27 km northeast of Groningen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Evan Hamilton Thompson, pilot,
F/O James Ernest Field Stanfield, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred Giles, wireless operator,
Sgt William Ernest Mabbett, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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