Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The pilot was performing a solo training flight out from RAF Sutton Bridge. While flying at very low height, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in Terrington St Clement. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sidney Lionel Vinten, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 0015LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the mouth of the Scheldt River, maybe off Vlissingen. All four crew members were killed. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt John Sommerville Cardell, pilot,
Sgt Harry Leonard Jewell,
Sgt Edwin Mitchell,
P/O George Lawson Staniar.

The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Turnberry when he became lost and was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on the Isle of Skye and was damaged beyond repair. Two crew members were injured and two others escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt J. A. Forbes,
Sgt P. E. Harding,
Sgt R. W. J. Sinnock,
Sgt H. G. Ross.

The crew was performing a bombing practice exercise when the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea some 5 km north of Mablethorpe. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Anthony Dent, pilot,
Sgt William Alfred Glover, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred John Russell,
Cdt Edward Arthur Barber.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2207LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt James Stewart Coulter,
F/Sgt Wallace Mallory Gartside,
F/Sgt William George Gittings,
F/O Robert Cyril Hodgson.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton on an operation to Duisburg. It was attacked at 0230LT by a German fighter while nine minutes short of time on target. In spite of the severe damage caused to his Hampden, the pilot reached his objective and after a difficult return flight, on one engine, crash landed on sand dunes at RAF Lakenheath. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. G. Bell,
Sgt J. K. Bell,
Sgt J. S. Murray,
Sgt A. Norman.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it drifted too far to the north over the sea and ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the airplane in the early morning some 64 km off Bridlington. The airplane sank and was lost and all four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton 2339LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zevendonk, south of Turnhout. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Orval Milford Nelson, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Clarence Franklin Lloyd, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt Herbert Cheval Archer Warr. †

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore 2353LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Oisterwijk. The observer was killed while three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Felton Collins, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Lobb, observer, †
Sgt Milton Stanley Whiting, wireless operator,
Sgt George Gray Russell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William David Frost,
Sgt Arthur John Greenaway,
W/O William John Kaufman,
W/O Robert Reginald Stewart.