Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Badsey: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 14, 1941 at 0040 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD935
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2020LT on August 13 on a training exercise. At 0040LT, it impacted trees and crashed in Badsey, two miles east of Evesham. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Rene Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Arthur Newbold, pilot, †
Sgt W. Wells.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Rene Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Arthur Newbold, pilot, †
Sgt W. Wells.
