Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Wispington: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 20, 1942 at 0035 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD869
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0030LT on a cross country exercise. Shortly after departure, it went out of control and crashed in Wispington. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hershel Homer Davis, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Joseph Corbin Pritchard, observer,
F/Sgt Gerald Grenville Joseph Laronde, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Albert Player, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Hershel Homer Davis, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Joseph Corbin Pritchard, observer,
F/Sgt Gerald Grenville Joseph Laronde, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey Albert Player, air gunner.
