Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Frinton-on-Sea: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 8, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4066
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While returning to RAF Scampton following a bombing mission over Germany, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Frinton-on-Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Oliver Harry Launders, pilot,
Sgt Basil Kinton, observer,
Sgt Cyril Richard Hallett, observer,
Sgt Leonard Howard, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Oliver Harry Launders, pilot,
Sgt Basil Kinton, observer,
Sgt Cyril Richard Hallett, observer,
Sgt Leonard Howard, wireless operator and air gunner.
