Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4057
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of November 14 on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. No trace was ever found. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Bucknell,
Sgt Patrick Henry McLoughlin,
Sgt Sidney Dale,
Sgt Harry Scott Haste.

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

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4051
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Neuruppin, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Phillip Arnold, pilot,
Sgt James Clifton Threlfall, observer,
Sgt Edward Taylor, wireless operator,
P/O Bernard Albert Zadock de Bressey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4095
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 10 on an operation to Danzig. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Colin Franklin Kendall,
Sgt Norman Tyson,
Sgt George Robert Wilson,
Sgt Andrew Woodburn.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
X2985
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 10 on an operation to Danzig. It was last heard while flying 30 miles east of the Norfolk coast when it was lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alan Bulmer,
P/O Donald William Wakeford,
Sgt George Herdman,
Sgt David Walter Watt.

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

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1940 at 0135 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X2964
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation off Lorient. While taking off at night, it crashed into a Nissen hut located near one of the dispersal pans, bursting into flames. All four crew members escaped with minor injuries while three people in the Nissen hut were killed, a fourth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. J. Garwell,
Sgt Kirke,
Sgt R. J. Flux,
Sgt White.
Those killed on ground were:
AC1 Ronald King,
AC2 William Fraser,
AC2 Robert Rennie.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1940 at 0245 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P4402
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 8 on an operation to Munich. While returning to base at night, the crew abandoned the aircraft that crashed 4 miles west of RAF Hemswell. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. A. Munday,
Sgt F. A. Constable,
Sgt R. L. Thomas,
Sgt T. Bale.

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

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1940 at 0500 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L4093
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of November 3 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and while approaching the British coast, it crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clare Arthur Connor, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Norris, radio operator,
Sgt James William Chesterton Gibson,
Sgt Geoffrey Harry Stubbings.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1940 at 0135 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3029
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While taking off in heavy rain falls, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt J. R. Davies,
Sgt S. Reid,
LAC R. G. N. G. Upton,
Sgt R. E. Richman.

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

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940 at 2330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3027
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. Prior to midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about a mile off Skegness. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Raymond Bufton, pilot,
P/O Konstantine Ballas-Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James William Bichard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Forrest Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Bay of Biscay: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
X2990
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
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 mission in the area of Bordeaux. Lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the Bay of Biscay. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Mitchell Dall,
Sgt James Gwyn Loveluck,
Sgt George Leslie Middleton,
Sgt Kenneth Ernest Young.