Lincolnshire

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X2964

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation off Lorient. While taking off at night, it crashed into a Nissen hut located near one of the dispersal pans, bursting into flames. All four crew members escaped with minor injuries while three people in the Nissen hut were killed, a fourth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. J. Garwell,
Sgt Kirke,
Sgt R. J. Flux,
Sgt White.
Those killed on ground were:
AC1 Ronald King,
AC2 William Fraser,
AC2 Robert Rennie.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1940 at 0330 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P2079

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of November 8 on an operation to Munich. While returning to its base at night, the airplane suffered an engine and was abandoned. It crashed five miles short of runway and was destroyed. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt R. H. Pearman,
Sgt S. R. Streeter,
Sgt H. E. Turner,
Sgt L. W. Jones.

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Engine failure on final approach.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1940 at 0245 LT

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P4402

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 8 on an operation to Munich. While returning to base at night, the crew abandoned the aircraft that crashed 4 miles west of RAF Hemswell. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. A. Munday,
Sgt F. A. Constable,
Sgt R. L. Thomas,
Sgt T. Bale.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 off Grimsby: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940

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Heinkel He.111

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A1+KM

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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3144

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While approaching the British coast, the bomber was shot down by the British Flak and crashed into the Humber Estuary off Grimsby. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4./KG 53):
Oblt H. Bannert,
Uffz W. Göhring,
Gfr G. Werder,
Uffz E. Zahn.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the British Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1940 at 0135 LT

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X3029

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While taking off in heavy rain falls, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt J. R. Davies,
Sgt S. Reid,
LAC R. G. N. G. Upton,
Sgt R. E. Richman.

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

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1940 at 1230 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P4381

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Fiskerton. While turning at low altitude, the airplane impacted a tree and crashed one mile from the airfield. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt A. J. Garwell +2.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Coleby: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 30, 1940 at 2300 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T2246

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham on an operation to North Western Germany. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed in Coleby. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Jack Milton Cave, pilot,
Sgt John Gregson Hitchen, observer,
Sgt Clifford John Gooderick, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940 at 2330 LT

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X3027

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. Prior to midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about a mile off Skegness. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Raymond Bufton, pilot,
P/O Konstantine Ballas-Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James William Bichard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Forrest Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940 at 0005 LT

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