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

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4160
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Turweston - Turweston
Location:
Turweston AFB
Northamptonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training flight. En route, one of the engine failed and the airplane crashed near the airfield. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. E. Newton-Clare, pilot.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Cranford: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1262
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Cranfield - Cranfield
MSN:
8545
YOM:
1938
Location:
Cranford
Northamptonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Cranfield on a navigation exercice. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions with a hail storm and lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Cranford. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Shine,
Sgt John Randolph Wiles,
AC2 Frederick George Lewis.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in a hail storm.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Chipping Warden

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1930
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Henry Cockburn Gresley Heathcote-Stisted
Registration:
G-AADC
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
917
YOM:
1929
Location:
Chipping Warden
Northamptonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Woodley on a plaisance flight. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Chipping Warden. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot was injured.
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