Finningley AFB (Doncaster)

Landing (descent or approach)

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L4103

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The crew departed RAF Finningley on a local training exercise. On approach to the airfield in poor weather conditions, the airplane was struck by lightning, causing a propeller to detach. The airplane went out of control and crashed in Blaxton, less than a mile from the runway threshold. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Donald Shilling, pilot,
Sgt John Thompson, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Loss of control when a propeller detached after the airplane was struck by lightning.

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

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1940

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L4183

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Takeoff (climb)

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Yes

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The airplane departed RAF Finningley on a night flying exercise with a crew of four on board. During the takeoff roll, it swung and crashed in the area of the bomb-dump. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O W. K. Burr-Thomas,
Sgt J. E. Sowden,
Sgt J. C. Wigall,
Sgt G. G. Moffatt.

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

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1940

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L4194

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Finningley - Finningley

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The airplane departed RAF Finningley on a mine laying mission off Lorient. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Pluneret, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas William Glenn, pilot,
Sgt John Montague Ward, pilot,
Sgt Norman William Hull, wireless operator,
Sgt Alec William Newton, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1940

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L4184

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Takeoff (climb)

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Yes

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Finningley - Finningley

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Finningley. During the takeoff roll, the airplane started to swerve on runway and the undercarriage collapsed. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and there were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt R. Grainger +2.

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

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1940 at 2115 LT

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P1256

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The crew was completing a night training exercice out from RAF Finningley when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field located some 3 km east of the airbase, near the village of Misson. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Edgecombe Lowe, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd Haig Beatty McLeod, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Chilton Polden: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1940 at 0445 LT

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X2914

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The airplane departed RAF Finningley in the evening of September 26 on a mine laying mission. While returning the following morning, it ran out of fuel. There was thick mist at the time and the pilot thought he was over the water, the liferaft was found in the field nearby. When he emerged from the mist he was very close to the ground and crash landed in a field located in Chilton Polden. The pilot was uninjured while three other crew members were killed after they parachuted at very low level prior to the crash.
Crew:
Sgt Wally Huggins, pilot,
Sgt Eric Henry William Shelfer, pilot, †
Sgt Bernard Harvey, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt James Joseph Aloysius Bogue, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Emergency landing due to a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Cuxhaven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1940

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