Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Beckingham: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 23, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
L4155
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Finningley on a night training sortie. En route, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field in Beckingham. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Jack George McGrail,
P/O Geoffrey Lloyd,
Sgt Howard Kane Trencham,
AC1 Raymond Lumley,
AC2 Edward Brian Brentnall.
Crew:
F/O Jack George McGrail,
P/O Geoffrey Lloyd,
Sgt Howard Kane Trencham,
AC1 Raymond Lumley,
AC2 Edward Brian Brentnall.
