Lincolnshire

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AD723

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Plain, Valley

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2002LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Caistor, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Kingsley Gerard Cooper,
Sgt Henry Windle,
Sgt Maurice Gough,
Sgt George Hall.

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

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1941

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AD737

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on March 1st an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following day, it crashed while trying to land at base with failing engine. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O W. A. McVie,
Sgt Dyke,
Sgt J. K. Scouller,
Sgt C. W. Carter.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Wainfleet: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1941 at 2215 LT

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P4394

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Hanover. It crashed in unknown circumstances at 2215LT near RAF Wainfleet. Three crew members were killed while the pilot was seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O D. H. Skinner, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Edward Darnell, observer, †
Sgt Raymond James Stanley Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Frederick Shutt, wireless operator. †

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

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1941 at 1550 LT

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AD763

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Ferry

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Ternhill - Coningsby

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The crew departed RAF Ternhill at 1505LT to ferry the airplane to RAF Coningsby where it crashed upon landing at 1550LT. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O W. A. Brown,
Sgt Stevens.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1941 at 2245 LT

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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R6107

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Military

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Cranwell - Cranwell

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The airplane was approaching RAF Cranwell when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Fulbeck, west of the airfield. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
crew:
F/Lt Desmond Eernest Crosbie Trench, pilot, †
F/O D. M. Egan.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1941 at 1115 LT

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AD790

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Coningsby. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane suffered a loss of engine power and crash landed in a nearby field. The pilot F/O C. P. D. Pruce was uninjured.

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Loss of engine power upon takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1941 at 2247 LT

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X3048

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