Waddington AFB

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L4154

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Roman Way Camp located in the south suburb of Colchester. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt A. R. Atkins,
Sgt Hobbs,
Sgt Muir,
Sgt McLaren.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 0130 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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X2997

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Merseburg. While returning to base, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the airplane crashed upon landing on a disused hangar. Two crew were injured and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
S/L H. P. Broad,
Sgt C. W. Hammond,
Sgt H. Logan,
AC1 E. Edgar.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1940 at 0302 LT

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X2910

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Röwitz, northeast of Wolfsburg. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard John Burt, pilot, †
Sgt D. Windle, observer,
Sgt Jack Baldwin, wireless operator, †
P/O Ronald Mark Carrell, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1940 at 0300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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P1324

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of October 1st on a mine laying sortie off Bordeaux. On return at night, upon landing at RAF Turweston, the undercarriage collapsed and the airplane came to rest. All four crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L H. P. Broad +3.

Probable cause:

The undercarriage collapsed upon landing.

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

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1940

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X2965

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Day, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Robert Sillett,
Sgt John Tomlinson,
Sgt George James Devlin, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1940

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P2121

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Plain, Valley

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Waddington - Waddington

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Antwerp

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Belgium

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington to bomb invasion barges in Antwerp. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Gordon Goode, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Valentine Henderson, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Angus, wireless operator,
Sgt James Sugden, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940

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X2913

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Bremerhaven. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Eglington Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Arthur Joyce, observer,
Sgt William Goodwill, wireless operator,
Sgt George John Hobson, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940

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P1338

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington to bomb the liners 'Bremen' and 'Europa'. It crashed in unknown circumstances, probably in the target area of Bremerhaven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Thomas Laidlaw Scott Smythe, pilot,
P/O Stanley Cuthbert Wise, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Jones, wireless operator,
F/O Wilfred Francis Ernest Coombes, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940

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P4371

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