Scampton AFB | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base, it strayed off track and, out of fuel, force landed near Veryan, about 10 km southeast of Truro. Two crew members were injured and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
P/O J. H. Green,
Sgt W. Hirst,
Sgt R. W. Coutts,
P/O E. Bingham.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Coneysthorpe

Date & Time: Oct 19, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4104

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of October 18 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew over Coneysthorpe. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. G. Loveluck,
Sgt J. M. Dall,
Sgt F. G. Constable,
Sgt W. K. Thompson.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 0520 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P2143

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of October 16 on an mine laying mission off Bordeaux. While returning to base at night, it probably ran out of fuel and crashed near Andover. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Richard Cecil Parker, pilot,
F/O Charles Derek Pitman, pilot,
Sgt James Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Flanagan, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lenham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 0450 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4195

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying mission. While returning to base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances at Lenham. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
P/O B. R. Evans,
LAC R. C. S. Glover,
Sgt Molineux,
Sgt Robert Potter, wireless operator. †

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2900

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of October 16 on a mine laying mission. For unknown reasons, it overshot and crashed near the boundary of Abingdon Airfield. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt G. M. Bates,
Sgt Bowden,
Sgt T. Goldie,
Sgt Fairbrother.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Ambarès-et-Lagrave: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1940 at 2300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4129

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Flight

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Bombing

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1900LT on a mine laying mission off Bordeaux. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ambarès-et-Lagrave, about 11 km northeast of Bordeaux. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Sydney Imber, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frederick Rose, observer,
Sgt Frank Corbett, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Friend, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Southwold

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1940

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2901

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Magdeburg. Due to a fuel exhaustion, the captain was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on a beach at Southwold and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
F/L D. W. F. Barker,
F/O R. Anderson,
Sgt A. H. Evans,
P/O Fleming.

Probable cause:

Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Hemswell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1940 at 2055 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

X2977

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Due to severe icing conditions, the captain decided to return. On approach to RAF Hemswell, the aircraft went out of control and crashed. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Alfred Sherwood, pilot,
Sgt Hawkes,
Sgt Gilmour,
Sgt E. S. Phillips.

Probable cause:

Icing.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Haigh: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1940 at 2330 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P2134

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Flight

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Training

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a night training exercice. While cruising over the area of Manchester, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located in Haigh. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Norman Colin Catley, pilot,
Sgt William Nicol, observer,
Sgt Bertram Victor Hastie, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lincoln: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4392

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of September 27 on an operation to Lorient. While returning at night, the crew got lost and were unable to locate RAF Scampton. Over Lincolnshire, the airplane was abandoned and crashed on the St Matthias Church in Lincoln. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Dudley Delacourtte Snooke, pilot,
P/O E. C. Brighouse,
P/O C. L. Turner,
Sgt K. McKenzie.