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

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE374
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Bombing
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:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was supposed to takeoff from RAF Scampton on an operation to Brest. While taxiing towards the runway for takeoff, the airplane collided with a second RAF Hampden registered P5393 and also taxiing for departure. The impact caused the mine aboard P5393 to explode, wrecking both aircraft. Two crew members on board P5393 were killed and six others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. M. Thompson,
Sgt J. Ryan,
Sgt J. Rooney,
Sgt P. N. Foster.

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

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5393
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Bombing
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:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was supposed to takeoff from RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation. While taxiing towards the runway for takeoff, the airplane collided with a second RAF Hampden registered AE374 and also taxiing for departure. The impact caused the mine aboard to explode, wrecking both aircraft. Two crew members on board P5393 were killed and six others were injured.
Crew:
P/O William R. C. Boyle Parker, pilot, †
F/Sgt Cyril Love, wireless operator, †
Sgt H. Standen,
Sgt L. King.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Vlissingen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1941 at 0640 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE191
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0213LT on an operation to Aachen. While returning to base at the end of the night, it was shot down by the German Flak and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Athelstan Basevi, †
P/O Derek Jacobs, †
P/O Anthony Leslie Parsons,
Sgt George Wiscombe.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1941 at 1616 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3135
Flight Phase:
Flight
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 completing a local training sortie at RAF Scampton. The accident happened when the pilot turned steeply to the left and lost control of the airplane that crashed at Hackthorne Hall, two miles northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Bryant, pilot,
AC2 Walter Henry Fulcher,
LAC Andrew Garven Wilson.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2107 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1206
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Westeinde
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
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 1714LT on an operation to Bocholt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Westeinde, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Christopher Arthur Saunders, pilot,
Sgt James Marcus D'Arcy, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Gordon Mullenger, wireless operator,
Sgt John Edward Kehoe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD850
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Mandø Island
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
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 to lay mines in the Kiel Bay. It crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Mandø Island, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Hartley, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Edward Ward, pilot,
Sgt Norman Ivor Cotterell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Bertram Turner, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE358
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
North Sea
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 1955LT on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt James Wilfred Butler,
P/O Arthur Edward Lloyd,
Sgt William Powell,
Sgt Douglas Frederick Spindler.

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

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE224
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
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 1948LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands, it is believed off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L David Baron Drakes, pilot,
P/O Victor Douglas Beany,
P/O William Harris Cheetham,
F/Sgt William Anderson Watson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD934
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Swanton Morley AFB
Norfolk
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 1830LT on October 22 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Swanton Morley where the airplane crashed on approach. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. Mowatt,
Sgt S. Brown,
Sgt T. R. Riddell,
Sgt G. Rex.
Probable cause:
A thick coating of ice on the pilot's windscreen was a contributory factor.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Harlingen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD911
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Harlingen
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2305LT on October 10 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee of Harlingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Charlton Hedley, pilot,
Sgt George Mitchell, observer,
Sgt William Albert Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Wilfred Ernest Gough, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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