Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Willingham by Stow: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 1, 1941 at 2015 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1328
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night training exercise when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in Willingham by Stow, about 3 km south of RAF Sturgate. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Ford Thurlbeck, pilot,
Sgt James Thomas Hawthorne, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt John Ford Thurlbeck, pilot,
Sgt James Thomas Hawthorne, wireless operator.
