Date & Time:
Aug 2, 1942 at 0710 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE154
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it drifted too far to the north over the sea and ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the airplane in the early morning some 64 km off Bridlington. The airplane sank and was lost and all four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
