Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE143

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Yes

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Plain, Valley

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on September 29 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the garden of a house at Sunnyside while trying to land at RAF Driffield. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt McDermott,
Sgt Boucher,
Sgt H. Smith,
Sgt Elliott.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Lincoln: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941 at 0020 LT

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AE376

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0009LT on an operation to Frankfurt. Eleven minutes later, it suffered a double engine failure, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Lincoln, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Haydon Smith, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Cole Walker, pilot,
Sgt Albert Raine, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Greenhalgh, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure few minutes after takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941

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AD733

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Frankfurt. It is believed that it crashed while approaching the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Charles Philip Darwin,
F/Sgt Frank Robert Hibbert,
F/Lt John Douglas Mundy,
Sgt Andrew Winton.

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

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941 at 0420 LT

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AD922

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 1920LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out fuel and was abandoned at 0420LT, except for the pilot, near the airfield of RAF Swanton Morley. Moments later, the Hampden crashed at Foulsham. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Charles William Turner, pilot, †
Sgt R. J. Pulham,
Sgt R. Atkinson,
Sgt T. Pearce.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Coningsby: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941 at 0250 LT

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AD872

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons some 4 miles north-northeast of RAF Coningsby. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Wilfrid Patrick Carroll, pilot,
Sgt Peitro Alfredo Giovetti, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Kellington, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941

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AD923

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on the evening of September 20 an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, the crew had been diverted away from base due to poor visibility. While trying to find RAF Dishforth, the airplane crash landed on Hutton Moor. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/O Kingston,
Sgt De Courcy,
Sgt Tod,
Sgt Tobin.

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

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1941 at 2205 LT

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X3030

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base in the evening, it collided with power cables and crashed on final approach to the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Bramwell Parker, pilot,
Sgt Harold Douglas Weaver, observer,
Sgt Joseph Tankard, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Francis Abernethy, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1941

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P5314

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Training

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Croughton - Croughton

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Croughton. On final approach, the airplane was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nicholaas Petrus Van der Merwe, pilot,
Sgt Derek Alfred John Paine, observer,
Sgt John Howard Ixer, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Leagas, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Waddington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0317 LT

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AD930

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