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

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD986
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hervest. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Edward Brownbill, pilot,
P/O Lorne Smith Christman, navigator,
Sgt Sidney Linley, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Carlton Morse, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Southend-on-Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L4185
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called several times for help before the aircraft crashed in the Thames Estuary. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Francis Wadeson, pilot,
P/O George Frederick Edward Greenhalgh, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Aubrey Gilbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald George Hutson, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941 at 0505 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD866
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of July 3 on an operation to Bremen. The following morning, while returning to base and cruising along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Cross,
Sgt Edward Ryder Foster,
F/Sgt Gordon Cedric Marsh,
Sgt Douglas Macdonald Napier.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Scampton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941 at 1120 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3059
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Scampton when the airplane crashed two miles south of the airfield. The wireless operator was killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. M. Adams, pilot,
Sgt Jack Edward Foster, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Eben-Emael: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941 at 0116 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD862
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2310LT on July 2 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Eben-Emael, north of Liège. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Doggiry, wireless operator, †
P/O Bruce Dawson Campbell,
F/Sgt John Henderson,
P/O Ronald Andrew Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD873
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2305LT on July 2 on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Königsdorf, west of Cologne. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Francis Sharp, pilot,
Sgt Russell Addisson Reid, observer,
Sgt Desmond Colbert Kent Dunne, wireless operator,
Sgt William Fraser McKay, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3134
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane ditched at night in the North Sea from where the crew were picked up by an ASR launch eight and a half days later, exhausted but in good shape after their long ordeal.
Crew:
Sgt B. Woolston,
Sgt P. McKay,
Sgt E. B. Chandler,
Sgt G. Wood.

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

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD916
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2315LT on June 30 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Düren. The pilot was killed and three others crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Irving,
P/O Stanley Carter,
Sgt Leonard Charles Coldwell,
F/Lt Neil Hyland Svendsen.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0255 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3133
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2235LT on June 29 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Haseldorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Douglas Hughes, pilot,
Sgt Charles Townsend Chipperfield, pilot,
Sgt Albert Patrick Drane, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Wells, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0156 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD895
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2315LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the district of Osternburg in OIdenburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Murray Richard Frederick Baker, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Bevans, pilot,
Sgt Morgan Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Smith, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.