Hemswell AFB

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P4360

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target but no trave was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Angus Robson,
P/O David Leslie Wingate,
Sgt Hunter Chambers,
Sgt Arthur Alexander Wilmot.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden in Lyme Regis

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1940

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P2089

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Bordeaux. While returning to its base, the airplane ran out of fuel and forced landed. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
P/O P. M. de Mestre,
P/O I. H. Stewart,
Sgt J. I. Doyle,
Sgt L. Hodgson.

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Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

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P4365

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of August 16 to attack the Leuna oil refinery. While returning to its base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Lincoln. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Peter Henry Rebbeck, pilot,
Sgt Brian Holmes Foster, observer,
Sgt Harry Dickinson, wireless operator,
P/O David Hutchins, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

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P4291

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Merseburg. It is believed that it crashed in the target area. Two crew were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Henry Aidan Thomas Skehill, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Hughes, observer, †
Sgt Robert Leslie Wake, observer, †
Sgt Douglas Perritt, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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P4379

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Plain, Valley

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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

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P4335

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Münster

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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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 off Kampen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1940 at 2258 LT

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P4368

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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 Bridlington: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 5, 1940 at 1000 LT

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P4357

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Training

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an air firing practice exercice on the Skipsea range when it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Bridlington. A crew was killed and two other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. S. Blakeman, pilot,
Sgt J. L. Shardlow, air gunner,
Sgt George Hugh McCrory, air gunner. †

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Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1940 at 0322 LT

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