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

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1941 at 0515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD791
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Oteppe
Liège
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Aachen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Oteppe, west of Liège. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Kert Calcutt, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Henry Lawrence, observer,
Sgt Richard Eric Hirons, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Barnes, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 1, 1941 at 0120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1202
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Skellingthorpe AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1657LT on November 30 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel on approach and crashed two miles from the airbase. All four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Williams,
Sgt W. J. Johnston,
Sgt Smith,
Sgt Caunce.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2148 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1272
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1654LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Shannon, pilot,
P/O Alan George Sands, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Charles Shorey, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Edward Towers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2131 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE430
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Tüttendorf
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1652LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Kiel, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Tüttendorf, northwest of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles John Harvey Blunt, pilot,
Sgt Leslie George Manning, observer,
Sgt Arthur Henry Gee, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Waller, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT115
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1640LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Goodbrand,
Sgt Henry Griffiths,
Sgt Arthur Edward Hill,
Sgt Frank Edwin Rolfe.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1228
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1620LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Francis Gowan,
Sgt Dan Davies Jones,
Sgt Arthur John Moore,
Sgt Anthony Joseph William Parker.

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

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1941 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD933
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Honeybourne
Worcestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1710LT on November 27 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in a field located near the Honeybourne railway station. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt B. D. Moss,
Sgt Ross,
Sgt Seagoe,
Sgt Hackett.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE437
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Atlantic Ocean
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1640LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. At 2229LT Heston d/f station acknowledged a call from this aircraft, asking for a bearing. Tragically, it is believed the crew misinterpreted the information sent by Heston and when last heard on w/t the Hampden was plotted in a 40 mile radius of 47° 30' N 13° W, some 270 miles off Brest and approximately 300 miles southwest of Land's end. No trace of the airplane was found.
Crew:
F/O James Andrew Caldwell,
Sgt Roland Crawley,
Sgt Edwin Alfred Harry,
F/Sgt Hudson Eric Marshall.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Birdlip: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE440
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Birdlip
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, in crashed into high ground near Birdlip. Moments before the crash, the Hampden had broken through low cloud. A crew was killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Cornish, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robinson,
Sgt Martin,
P/O Farrington.

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

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1155
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Saltby - Saltby
Location:
Saltby AFB
Leicestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Saltby on a cross country navigation exercise with four crew members on board. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane entered a dive and crashed south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Wentworth Bucknell, pilot,
Sgt Robert Samuel Carson, pilot,
Sgt John Adney Tulley, observer,
Sgt Norman Joffre Griffiths, wireless operator.
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