Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Bishop Norton: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 10, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD720
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
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 to Cologne. Shortly after takeoff, it lost height and crashed in Bishop Norton, about 5 km northeast of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Terence Denis Leitch, pilot,
Sgt Thomas William Little, observer,
Sgt David Laing, wireless operator,
Sgt George Frederick Asbrey, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Terence Denis Leitch, pilot,
Sgt Thomas William Little, observer,
Sgt David Laing, wireless operator,
Sgt George Frederick Asbrey, wireless operator.
