Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Perranporth

Date & Time: May 18, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7393
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Perranporth
Cornwall
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington with a scratch crew to carry out an engine test, following recent grounding of the Manchesters. An engine fire developed while over the Bristol Channel, but by skilful airmanship, S/L McIntosh succeeded in a crash-landing at Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall. The airframe was later converted for instructional use. All eight occupants evacuated safely.
Crew (207th Squadron):
S/L J. C. McIntosh +7.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.

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

Date & Time: May 13, 1941 at 0652 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2982
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Catterick AFB
North Yorkshire
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 Waddington at 2200LT on May 12 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed for unknown reasons in a field bordering RAF Catterick. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt E. D. Tyler,
Sgt Greig,
Sgt Betts,
Sgt Campbell.

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

Date & Time: May 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD864
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 Waddington at 2205LT on May 2 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hamburg, between the districts of Blankenese and Cranz. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Upton Howard Tripp, pilot,
P/O John Ernest Philip Jeff, observer,
Sgt Ronald John Leaper, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Egar, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Hamburg

Date & Time: May 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7379
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2200LT on May 2 on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area at an altitude of 12,000 feet, the airplane was damaged by the German Flak. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The bomber just passed over a farm, crash landed in a field and came to rest. All six crew members were rescued and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O Deryck Edgar Pinchbeck,
Sgt E. A. C. Lee,
Sgt Alexander Stuart Duncan,
F/S Samuel Edward Panton,
Sgt Walter Muir McGregor,
Sgt Christopher Norman Barron.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1941 at 0530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD847
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
West Raynham 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 Waddington at 2155LT on April 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed on approach to RAF West Raynham (diversion?). All four crew members were rescued, among the one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt S. Mallen,
Sgt V. F. Lauderdale,
Sgt E. Hartley,
Sgt R. Oliever.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2999
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
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 Waddington at 2015LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Edward Sneeston, pilot,
Sgt Eric Norman Brundish,
Sgt John William Mulford,
Sgt John Melville Taylor.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Hostrup

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7302
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hostrup
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of April 8 on an operation to Kiel. Just after passing the border between Denmark and Germany, the aircraft was hit by the German Flak. The right engine caught fire and exploded. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed, and all six occupants became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
Sgt William Buck,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Budden,
Sgt Leslie William Hedges,
W/Cdr Noel Challis Hyde,
F/Lt Hugh Travers Morgan,
F/Sgt John Wells.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD899
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
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 Waddington on a mine laying operation when it crashed in unknown circumstances near Pihen-lès-Guînes. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph George Curley, pilot,
P/O Edward Townley Laverack, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ashurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Stevenson Campbell, wireless operator.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V at RAF Waddington: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1941 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4947
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1674
YOM:
1940
Location:
Waddington AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1904LT on an operation to Brest. While returning in the evening, it iced up and crashed at 2240LT while making a second circuit to RAF Waddington. On approach at a height of 300 feet, the bomber stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt William Edgar Godfrey, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth George William Kyle, pilot, †
Sgt Phillip Charles Livesey Wicks, observer, †
F/Sgt Alan Leigh Kennedy, wireless operator, †
Sgt C. Calvert.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at RAF Waddington

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1941 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
K6296
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Honington - Waddington
Location:
Waddington 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 crew (one instructor and three student pilots) were on a routine training mission from RAF Honington. On final approach to RAF Waddington, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (311th Squadron):
F/O J. Stransky +3.
Probable cause:
The loss of control on final approach was caused by the loss of the starboard aileron.
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