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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Market Drayton

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 1210 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD747
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was collected by the crew at Ternhill Airport for a ferry flight. In unknown circumstances, it crashed at 1210LT at Audley's Cross, some two miles east of Market Drayton. All three crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O V. F. Lauderdale,
Sgt E. Drakeford,
LAC Wall.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Market Drayton: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD904
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Ternhill Airport on a ferry flight and witnessed the crash of the Hampden registered AD747 near Market Drayton. While circling the scene, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt C. F. Greig,
Sgt T. K. Boardman,
Sgt J. O. Walshe.