Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Saltby. On final approach. the airplane crashed short of runway and was destroyed. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt M. G. East,
Sgt H. A. Webb,
Sgt J. L. Warren,
Sgt G. C. Gale.

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

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0625 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD845

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Cottesmore - Cottesmore

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The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0002LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and crashed in a field located southwest of the airbase. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt H. D. Beames,
Sgt D. McKay,
Sgt M. B. Anderson,
Sgt W. R. Jordan.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0308 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4109

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The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2354LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stadskanaal, some 36 km southeast of Groningen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Roman Grabek, pilot, †
Sgt George Edward Cragg Coldron, observer, †
Sgt Roland Carlson, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Francis Needham, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Balderton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1942 at 2123 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AE385

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Training

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Balderton - Balderton

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The crew was completing a training exercise at RAF Balderton. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane stalled and crashed some 3 km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Murray Frame,
F/Sgt William George Keogh.

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

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4131

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Cottesmore - Cottesmore

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Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2020LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Believed to have crashed in the vicinity of the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Carl Kerr, pilot,
Sgt Donald Harold Chapman, observer,
F/Sgt William Oswald Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter David Deatherage, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I on Mt Arvestuottar: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942 at 0130 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

P5304

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Delivery

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Mountains

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Sumburgh - Afrikanda

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane apparently lost height and crashed on the slope of Mt Arvestuottar located some 45 km southeast of Kvikkjokk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward John Smart, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Graham Nicholls, navigator,
Sgt Louis Arthur Biggin, wireless operator,
Sgt John Mackenzie Oberlin Harris, air gunner,
Cpl Donald Henry Nelson.

Probable cause:

Possible icing conditions.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Pechenga

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P1273

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. Over Pechenga, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Lewis Bertrand,
Sgt Edward Dudley Bind,
Cpl George Richard Desforges,
Sgt Kenneth Scott Piper,
Sgt Kenneth Clayton Smith.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kandalaksha

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

P5323

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. En route, both engines stopped due to a fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Kandalaksha and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
P/O Rupert Patrick, pilot +3.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE436

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, at 2030LT on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Tsatsa located in the Sarek National Park, some 45 km north of Kvikkjokk. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O D. I. Evans,
Cpl B. J. Sowerby,
F/Sgt James Steven Jewett, †
P/O William Henry Bowler, †
F/Sgt John Parker Campbell. †

Probable cause:

Possible icing conditions.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Cottesmore: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

L4162

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Training

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Cottesmore - Cottesmore

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The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Cottesmore. While in the circuit, the airplane stalled and crashed 3 km northeast from the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Wilson, pilot,
Sgt James Kenneth Johnston, observer,
Sgt Peter Vincent Norris, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Jamieson Patrick Wardrop, wireless operator.

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