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

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4178
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and apparently missed the airbase. Eventually, the airplane ran out of fuel and crashed in Hexthorpe, in the southwestern outskirts of Doncaster. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Alfred Bland, pilot,
F/O Harold Edward Aspey, observer,
F/Sgt John Balfour Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Arthur Eves, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Doncaster

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1940 at 2040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Location:
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
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 was completing a local training sortie at RAF Finningley. While in a circuit to land at night, the airplane impacted trees and crashed in Mount Pleasant, in the suburb of Doncaster, about 10 km west of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Charles Wells, pilot,
Sgt Richardson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Edlington

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
N5144
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grantham - Grantham
Location:
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
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 on a training flight and attempting a dummy landing on a field near Edlington in bad visibility as part of this. As he attempted to apply power to both engines to climb away from this dummy landing the starboard engine failed due to lack of fuel, the aircraft swung because of the power being applied only to the port side engine. The pilot attempted to land in the next field but struck a tree after undershooting the field and crashed near Clifton, close to Edlington.
Crew (12th SFTS)
LAC Dugald Robertson MacGregor, pilot.
Source:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/n5144.html
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

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

Date & Time: Oct 30, 1939 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4167
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Hemswell – Finningley
Location:
Finningley AFB (Doncaster)
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On a night approach to RAF Finningley, one of the engine failed. The pilot initiated a go around when the airplane rolled to left, causing the left wing to struck the ground. The undercarriage were torn off and the airplane crashed. All three crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O William Frank Tudhope, pilot,
AC2 E Ross, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 H. MacDougal, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure on final approach.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.5 Courier in Doncaster: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 29, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.5 Courier
Operator:
Registration:
G-ACSZ
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Doncaster – Croydon
MSN:
19
YOM:
1934
Location:
Finningley AFB (Doncaster)
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Doncaster Airport, while climbing, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion. Three passengers and the pilot were killed while two passengers were seriously injured.
Crew:
Irwell R. Jones. †
Passengers:
Henry Betts, †
Felix Burns, †
Arthur Joseph Henman, †
Ronald Batty,
Eric Reaney.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Doncaster: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1922
Type of aircraft:
Avro 504
Operator:
Registration:
G-EASA
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
F9809
YOM:
1920
Location:
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near Doncaster. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
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