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

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4148
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Upper Heyford on a local test flight when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances between the villages of Souldern and Fritwell, near Banbury. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
LAC Robert Holt,
LAC John Fisher Dobson.