Date & Time: Apr 20, 1942 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD869
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Wispington
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.