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

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1941 at 1044 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1241
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
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 departed RAF Cottesmore on a solo training flight. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, one of the engine failed. The pilot made an emergency landing in an open field located about three km from the airport. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Ford Rowney.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Tickencote: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1940 at 1900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1320
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Tickencote
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training exercise when the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in Tickencote, near Stamford. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Frank Carthew, pilot, †
Sgt Matthew Coutts Mair, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt R. S. Bagnell,
Sgt R. S. Canham.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Cottesmore: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4339
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 20 feet, the airplane collided with another RAF Hampden registered L4138. It went out of control and crashed. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. The second aircraft landed safely.
Crew:
P/O George Andrew Atkinson, pilot, †
Sgt Sydney John Golding, observer, †
Sgt Hutchinson,
P/O D. A. Helsby.

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

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1279
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The undercarriage collapsed on landing at RAF Cottesmore. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Undercarriage collapsed on landing.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Cottesmore: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4205
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Cottesmore. The airplane overshot, stalled and crashed, killing the pilot.
Crew:
P/O E. A. C. Hill, pilot.
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