Hemswell AFB

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P2082

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation of the Kiel Bay. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kiel Canal (Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal). All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stephen Edward Hamilton, observer,
Sgt James Inglis Moyes, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Robertson, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940

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X3047

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Gilbert Morgan,
Sgt Peter David Adams,
Sgt Edwin James Bushell,
Sgt Donald Alfred Jenner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940

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X2915

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Thomas Dawson,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Barker,
Sgt Joseph Cutler,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hayes.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940 at 0005 LT

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X2998

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of October 25 on an operation to Kiel. Shortly after midnight, it crashed in Upton, near Gainsborough. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. Curtis,
Sgt A. Goulder,
Sgt E. H. Woods,
Sgt W. P. Anderson.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940

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X2971

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. Lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Reginald Humphrey,
Sgt Horace Cecil Loadsman,
Sgt Denis Isiah Pallett,
Sgt Frank Douglas Walter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 0245 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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X2979

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. While returning to base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sporle. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Herbert Clemerson, pilot,
F/O Edwin Charles Gardner, pilot,
Sgt William Hutchinson Hewitt, wireless operator,
Sgt Dominick Flanagan, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Great Massingham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940

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X2988

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew and crashed near RAF Great Massingham. A crew was killed and three others were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt James Joseph Jackson, †
P/O T. Dawson,
Sgt E. A. Barker,
Sgt R. L. Hayes.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940

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X2973

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Herbert Brown, pilot,
Sgt John Adam Ferguson,
Sgt Edward Anthony Rands,
Sgt Robert Gilmour Young.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1940 at 2055 LT

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X2977

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