Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4037

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Test

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Wick - Wick

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The crew departed Wick Airport on a local post maintenance test flight. Few minutes after takeoff, while circling off Wick, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Staxigoe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Wrench, pilot,
Sgt Robert Erskine Burt, wireless operator,
Lac Allan Richardson, fitter.

Probable cause:

It was determined that one of the engine caught fire in flight for unknown reasons.

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

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1943 at 1240 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P2136

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Training

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Manby - Manby

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The pilot was engaged in a bombing exercise out from RAF Manby. While returning to base, on final approach, he lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed short of runway. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and the pilot escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. C. Poole, pilot.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943

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Severomorsk - Severomorsk

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While in a combat mission out from Severomorsk-1 Airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea off Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel, pilot,
M/Lt Ivan Vassilievitsch Ignatev, navigator,
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov, radio operator,
Pvt Vasily Makarovich Kovtun, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943

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Military

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Severomorsk - Severomorsk

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The airplane failed to return to base at Severomorsk-1 Airfield following an operation over the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/Lt Grigory Yakovlevich Malygin, pilot,
Sgt Dmitry Konstantinovich Shileev, navigator,
Sgt Vasily Evgenievich Gorchakov, radio operator,
Sgt Sergey Semenovich Nikitin, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943

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Severomorsk - Severomorsk

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The airplane failed to return to base at Severomorsk-1 Airfield following an operation over the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Sergey Ivanovich Trunov, pilot,
Sgt Evgeny Lvovich Chernykh, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Dmitrievich Khamkin, radio operator,
Sgt Grigory Gavrilovich Gartovatny, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1943

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X3140

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Sumburgh - Sumburgh

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The airplane departed Sumburgh on a maritime patrol flight off the Norwegian coast. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Eric John Gleeson, pilot,
F/O Kevin James Murphy, navigator,
Sgt Henry Witte, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald James Booth, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1943

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The airplane was engaged in an operation against a German convoy off Vardø. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Renøya Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Andrey Andreevich Bashtyrkov, pilot,
Sgt Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrilov, navigator,
Sgt/M Mihail Vasilevich Kuzmin, radio operator,
Pvt Nikolay Artemevich Shpuntov, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1943 at 2215 LT

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AD792

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars on an operation along the Norwegian coast. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew encountered limited visibility when the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Glenesk. Three crew members were killed and one was seriously injured.
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Crew:
F/O Philip James Hill, pilot, †
P/O William John Rees, navigator, †
Sgt R. A. Smithers, wireless operator, †
Sgt R. K. Spohn, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

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

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1943

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