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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Aberaeron: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5310
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Location:
Aberaeron
Cardiganshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a training sortie from RAF Upper Heyford with a crew of four on board. En route, the crew encountered technical problems with the right engine after the propeller and reduction gear sheared off. The pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed near Aberaeron. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Alexander Douglas Scroggie, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Frederick Arthur Young, observer, †
Sgt J. Bremmer,
Sgt Hart.
Probable cause:
The propeller and reduction gear sheared from the starboard engine in flight.

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

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941 at 0549 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE251
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Lommel
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Lommel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Ernest Ronald Abbott,
Sgt James Hugh Barrett,
Sgt Thomas Gibson Wake,
P/O William John Chase.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD975
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Waasmunster
East Flanders
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 Waddington at 0120LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Waasmunster. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Owen, pilot,
F/Sgt Gerald Henry Edmonson, observer,
Sgt Gerrard Robert Ramsay, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Shearer, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD965
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
IJsselmeer
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
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 Hüls. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the IJsselmeer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Herbert Edward Chamberlain, pilot,
Sgt Edgar Walter Hawkins, observer,
Sgt Charles Alexander James Webster, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Midford Morris, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE367
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Düsseldorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 to attack a synthetic rubber plant located in Hüls. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Oberbilk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Marshall Waddell, pilot,
P/O Walter Edmund Hinchliffe, pilot,
Sgt Ronald William Curtis, wireless operator,
Sgt Neil Rolf Lawson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5345
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Location:
Upper Heyford AFB
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Upper Heyford. While taxiing, the airplane collided with a RAF Anson registered N9668 and carrying four crew members. The pilot was injured as well as two crew members on board the Anson.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Allen, pilot.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Harlingen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD911
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Harlingen
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2305LT on October 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee of Harlingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Charlton Hedley, pilot,
Sgt George Mitchell, observer,
Sgt William Albert Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Wilfred Ernest Gough, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Lippramsdorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Coningsby at 0010LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Lippramsdorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Arthur Ormond Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richard Martin, observer,
Sgt William Herbert Arthur Everson, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Morris, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE382
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
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 1855LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Believed to have crashed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Adam Anderson,
Sgt Joseph Paul Anthony Bonett,
Sgt George William Niblett,
Sgt Frank Ernest Wotton.

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

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD768
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Glendowan
Ulster
Country:
Ireland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1820LT on October 1st on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it passed over the United Kingdom aynd was eventually abandoned by the crew over the Glendowan Mountains in Ireland. All four crew members were rescued and interned.
Crew:
Sgt H. J. Newby,
Sgt F. W. Tisdall,
Sgt J. Wakelin,
Sgt D. Reid.
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