Hemswell AFB

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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X3065

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an anti-fighter patrol mission over the West Country. The crew experienced engine trouble while over the Bristol Channel and abandoned the airplane that crashed near Marcham. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O N. J. Kerr,
P/O R. N. Harrison,
Sgt A. E. Moffatt,
Sgt J. Howell.

Probable cause:

Aircraft abandoned due to engine trouble.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1940 at 0025 LT

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P4407

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of November 29 on an operation to Le Havre. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew who bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Wittering. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O Page,
Sgt Brain,
Sgt Fraser,
Sgt D. Laing.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1940 at 0140 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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X3064

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While returning to RAF Hemswell at night, the airplane crashed on final approach near the village of Spital-in-the-Street, east of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Hopkins, pilot,
Sgt Frederick George Williamson, observer,
Sgt Scott Clark, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Eric Parker Fenwick, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1940 at 2315 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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X2987

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While returning at night to RAF Hemswell following an operation to Duisburg, the airplane undershot the runway and hit the bomb-dump. Both pilots were killed and both other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Spencer Castle Ivatt, pilot, †
Sgt Rowland Pelham, pilot, †
Sgt R. W. Smith,
Sgt F. Bithell.

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

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1940

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X3056

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Lutzkendorf. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew before crashing in an open field located in Withern. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Hartop,
Sgt Kirby,
Sgt Burns,
Sgt Daniels.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1940

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X2967

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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Berlin

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of November 14 on an operation to Berlin. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak while over the target area and crashed. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Digby Aretas Young,
Sgt James Ian Boyle,
Sgt R. L. Hollidge,
Sgt F. Johnson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940 at 0027 LT

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X3006

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Takeoff (climb)

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Hamburg. While taking off at night, it crashed into a hut and was destroyed. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
F/L Alexander Moncrieff, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Francis Edwin, pilot, †
Sgt R. A. Aeborall,
Sgt J. G. Donnelly.

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

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940

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P4396

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Hamburg. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Colin Deans Chapman,
P/O John Graham Langford,
Sgt Clarence Edward Russell,
Sgt Robert Sinclair.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1940 at 0330 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P2079

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