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

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3002
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Antwerp
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2010LT on March 3 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flask and crashed in Antwerp. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Good, pilot,
Sgt Albert John Wallace Ward, pilot,
Sgt David Arthur Donald Crouch, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Thomas Essex, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Coningsby

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1941 at 1550 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD763
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Ternhill - Coningsby
Location:
Coningsby AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Ternhill at 1505LT to ferry the airplane to RAF Coningsby where it crashed upon landing at 1550LT. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O W. A. Brown,
Sgt Stevens.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Coningsby

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1941 at 1115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD790
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Coningsby AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Coningsby. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane suffered a loss of engine power and crash landed in a nearby field. The pilot F/O C. P. D. Pruce was uninjured.
Probable cause:
Loss of engine power upon takeoff.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near RAF Coningsby: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
K7078
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
MSN:
8031
YOM:
1937
Location:
Coningsby AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Waddington on a solo training flight. En route, he encountered an unexpected situation and decided to abandon the airplane. After he bailed out, he struck the tail and was killed. Out of control, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Tattershall Thorpe, about 2 km north of RAF Coningsby.
Crew:
P/O Alan Norman Macfarlane, pilot.
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