Lincolnshire

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X3135

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Flight

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Training

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Scampton – Scampton

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The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Scampton. The accident happened when the pilot turned steeply to the left and lost control of the airplane that crashed at Hackthorne Hall, two miles northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Bryant, pilot,
AC2 Walter Henry Fulcher,
LAC Andrew Garven Wilson.

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

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941 at 1126 LT

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AE434

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Military

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Yes

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Coltishall - Swinderby

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The airplane landed at 0740LT at RAF Coltishall following a successful mining operation. It departed RAF Coltishall mid-morning to return to base and crashed on approach. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Jones,
Sgt Kirk,
Sgt Baynes,
Sgt Shimmons.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Linwood

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7422

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The airplane was engaged in a training mission, carrying a number of ATC cadets. It crashed for unknown reasons at Hardings Farm, Linwood, two miles south-southeast of Market Rasen. The airplane was destroyed and there were no casualties.
Crew:
S/L K. H. P. Beauchamp +12.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Binbrook: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1941 at 0055 LT

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W5393

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Bombing

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1800LT on October 21 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed into a row of Married Quarters while trying to land at base. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Louis McInerny, pilot, †
Sgt James Keiller Millar, pilot, †
Sgt Lawrence William Rogers, observer, †
Sgt Mowbray Ronald Forty, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Frederick Tracey, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. B. Taylor, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Coningsby

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 0225 LT

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AD746

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1830LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on approach and was destroyed. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Cooke,
Sgt Fry,
Sgt Goodwin,
Sgt Gowan.

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

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 0045 LT

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P1212

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1814LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed at Haltham, about 8 km north of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Desmond George Bradley, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Teryl McMillan, observer,
Sgt Robert Arthur Stansfield, wireless operator,
Sgt E. L. Coles, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Friskney

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 0030 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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R5783

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1822LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it force landed in a marshland in Friskney following a fuel exhaustion. All seven occupants escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt G. H. Hartley,
Sgt Appleyard,
Sgt J. Canham,
Sgt Dean,
Sgt Baker,
Sgt Mayland,
Sgt Gross.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Cranwell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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P1080

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Flight

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Training

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