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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF Kirton in Lindsey while completing a local training flight. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O A. Robson,
AC1 Elcoat.

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

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1940 at 0308 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

P1175

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Scampton – Scampton

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The crew was returning to his base at RAF Scampton following a mine laying sortie. At night, the airplane overshot on landing and crashed. All four crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
F/O David White, pilot,
Sgt Ninian Lewis Jones, observer,
Cpl Percy Joseph Hurst, wireless operator,
LAC Norman Hornsby, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1940 at 2236 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4163

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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Shortly after takeoff from RAF Hemswell, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It collided with a cottage and crashed, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed while there were no injuries among the occupants of the cottage.
Crew:
Sgt James Windsor, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frederick Carter, pilot,
Sgt William Cuthbert, observer,
AC1 David Burnside, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4116

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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For unknown reasons, the crew overshot the flare path, causing the aircraft to crash. Both occupants were uninjured.

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

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4065

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying sortie off Denmark. While returning at night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 12 miles off Mablethorpe. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
Lt Robert James Cosgrove, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Batchelor, navigator,
Cpl James Doran, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon William Everatt, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Grimsby

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1940 at 2335 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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Registration:

N5193

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Yes

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Plain, Valley

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Waddington - Waddington

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The crew was engaged in a SAR mission after an RAF Hampden registered L4064 was missing. The aircraft departed RAF Waddington at 1745LT. At the end of the evening, while cruising south of Grimsby, both engines failed due to a fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field. All four crew members were injured.
Crew (50th Squadron):
P/O R. D. Wawn,
Sgt B. Pollard,
Sgt A. Wappnett,
Cpl R. L. H. Smith.

Probable cause:

Dual engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley IV in Scartho

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1940 at 0544 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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K9032

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1485

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1939

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The aircraft departed RAF Dishforth at 2050LT on a night training exercise. At the end of the night, while cruising over the region of Grimsby, the pilot encountered unknown technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. While trying to find a suitable terrain and flying at low height, the bomber hit a tree and crashed in a field. All five occupants were unhurt and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/O G. W. Prior,
Sgt Green,
Sgt Mathers,
AC1 Henry,
AC1 Miller.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Scunthorpe: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4137

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Plain, Valley

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The crew was completing a night training mission out from RAF Hemswell when the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Scunthorpe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Royston Henry Bullard-Davies, pilot,
Sgt Alan Henry Woodward, observer,
LAC Dennis Gordon Doughty, wireless operator.