Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Ilfracombe: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 27, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4158
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stormy Down - Stormy Down
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stormy Down on a joint training mission over the Bristol Channel with a second RAF Hampden registered L4156. In unknown circumstances, both aircraft collided and crashed into the sea off Ilfracombe. All six crew members on board both aircraft were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Arthur Nixon, pilot,
LAC Hugh Sharpe, observer,
LAC James Whyte, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Arthur Nixon, pilot,
LAC Hugh Sharpe, observer,
LAC James Whyte, wireless operator and air gunner.
