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

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT158
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Isle of Groix
Morbihan
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on a mine laying operation off Lorient. It crashed into the sea off Isle of Groix, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Duncan Crombie, pilot,
Sgt Harry Naughton Deckman, observer,
Sgt Frank Manley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles Ronald Clive Perry, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off the Isle of Groix: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4406
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Isle of Groix
Morbihan
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2315LT on a mine laying operation off Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off the Isle of Groix. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Crowhurst Gammon,
F/Sgt George Robert Slater,
Sgt Norman Horace Whittaker, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Winchester.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
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