Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Scampton

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 1530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P2068
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Scampton AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Scampton for a local training flight. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed at Weeton Cliff Farm, near the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. L. Alden +2.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: May 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD729
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Brest
Finistère
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 Scampton on a mine laying operation off Brest. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed into the sea off the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Ldr David Arthur Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Ronald Butler,
Sgt Gordon Alfred Hadaway,
F/Sgt James Guthrie Leslie.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Scampton: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1941 at 1745 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD898
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Scampton AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Scampton. Ten minutes after takeoff, while preparing to land, the airplane crashed near the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Olaf Nicholas Stromberg, pilot,
AC2 Michael Fraser Cross,
AC2 John Metcalfe.

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

Date & Time: May 8, 1941 at 2358 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3062
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Mablethorpe
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2225LT on an operation to Hamburg. Shortly before midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Mablethorpe. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Charles Henry Blatchford,
Sgt Harry Walter Francis,
P/O Frederick Kennett Gill,
P/O Gordon David Gerald Hudson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD796
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Eddelak
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Eddelak. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Hope Crush, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Townsend Hall, pilot,
Sgt Eric George Norman, wireless operator,
Sgt William Keith Thompson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3119
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Houthulst
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0010LT on an operation to Cologne. While cruising over Belgium at night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Houthulst. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Beaumont Hanmer, pilot,
Sgt Frank Archibald Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Stanley Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt John Robert Ronnie, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2899
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
The Channel
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1950LT on a mine laying operation off Brest. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Anthony Foster,
Sgt Marcus Anthony Hollingshead,
P/O Anthony Eyre Jackson,
P/O Anthony Frank Phillips.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at Hangingstone Hill: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD748
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Hangingstone Hill
Devonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1845LT on March 3 to lay mines off La Rochelle. While returning to base the following night, the airplane impacted the slope of Hangingstone Hill, in the Dartmoor National Park. The entire crew was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Perronet Campbell Thompson, pilot,
P/O Leslie Richard Evans, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ralph Eeden, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Mitchel Murray, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

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

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1941 at 0155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4403
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Saint Eval AFB
Cornwall
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1905LT on a mine laying operation off Lorient. The following night, it overshot and crashed into a hedge while trying to land at RAF St Eval. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Ball,
Sgt Batchelor,
Sgt J. H. Bentley,
Sgt Calvert.

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

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD800
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Start Point
Devonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0130LT on a mine laying mission off Brest. While flying over The Channel, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 36 miles south-southeast of Start Point. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Christopher Basil Harrison,
Sgt Hilsby Reginald Northwood,
Sgt Joseph Thomas Owen,
P/O Eric Walter Reynolds.
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