Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Saltby: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
L4108
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saltby - Saltby
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF Saltby while completing a night navigation exercise. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Richard Frazer, pilot,
Sgt Robert Fowlow King, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1942 at 2204 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L4110
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saltby - Saltby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Saltby. While in cruising altitude in the circuit of the airbase, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed two miles northwest of the airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. At the time of the accident, the airplane was in a wheels and flaps down configuration.
Crew:
Sgt John Franklin MacPhail, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Roy Lumsdaine,
Sgt Allan Harold Hanson, †
Sgt F. Wellington.

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

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P1168
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Cottesmore on a training exercise when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons four miles south of RAF Saltby. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Osborne Kirkton Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Thornton, observer.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Saltby: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P1155
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saltby - Saltby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Saltby on a cross country navigation exercise with four crew members on board. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane entered a dive and crashed south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Wentworth Bucknell, pilot,
Sgt Robert Samuel Carson, pilot,
Sgt John Adney Tulley, observer,
Sgt Norman Joffre Griffiths, wireless operator.