Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P1151

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The airplane departed RAF Saint Eval at 1632LT on an anti-shipping strike operation in the Bay of Biscay. During the attack, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off the French coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Alton Cline, pilot,
F/O Wilfred Blythe Keown, observer,
W/O Alexander Michael John Kelly, air gunner,
F/Sgt John McMahon Ryan, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943

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While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Tanafjord. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin, pilot,
Sgt Nikolay Gerasimovich Rolenko, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Alekseevich Mironov, radio operator,
Sgt Pavel Anatolievich Meksin, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Arundel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 1050 LT

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L4084

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Training

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Plain, Valley

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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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While engaged in a fighter affiliation exercise with two Hawker Typhoons, the crew was forced to take an evasive action when control was lost. From an altitude of 2,000 feet, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Donald Montgomery, pilot,
W/O William James MacKay, navigator,
F/Sgt John Douglas Scott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Whipple, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Terschelling: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1943

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AE395

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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2125LT on an anti-shipping operation off the Frisian Islands. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. The observer was killed and three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Donald Penn McLeod, pilot,
F/O Clarke Munro Chambers, observer, †
Sgt William Hall Elliott Haddock, wireless operator,
P/O Douglas Henry Wraith, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1943

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P1157

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The airplane was approaching the Dutch coast when it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued.

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Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wick: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1943 at 1200 LT

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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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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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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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