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

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P4322
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1705LT on January 5 on a mine laying mission in the French waters. It is believed that it crashed into the sea some 10 miles off Sidmouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Ernest Price,
Sgt William Burton Cecil Winning,
Sgt Cyril Alexander Small,
Sgt Thomas Henry Chamberlain.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Sidmouth

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K8749
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training mission over The Channel, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea off Sidmouth. The fate remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.