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
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Balderton
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
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 in Liesse-Notre-Dame: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT228
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Liesse-Notre-Dame
Aisne
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2009LT on August 28 on an operation to Saarbrücken. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Liesse-Notre-Dame, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
F/O Leon George Lyons, pilot,
P/O Keith Thomas Pellett, observer,
F/Sgt Christopher Norman Chalken, wireless operator,
Sgt Malcolm Stanley Brighouse, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Dudweiler: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE227
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Dudweiler
Saarland
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1956LT on August 28 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dudweiler, northeast of Saarbrücken. All four crew members were killed.
Crewq:
F/O William Herbert Gould, pilot,
P/O Leslie Lewis Garner, observer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Robert Murlis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Andrew Levern Sutherby, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 2354 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD829
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Sauville
Ardennes
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2002LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sauville. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Lindsay Kemp, pilot,
Sgt Sydney Frank Clark, observer, †
Sgt Herbert Gregson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward James Stansfield, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Boussu-lez-Walcourt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 2322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE197
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Boussu-lez-Walcourt
Hainaut
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1954LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boussu-lez-Walcourt, south of Froidchapelle. Two crew members were killed and two others evaded.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Despard Twigg, pilot, †
F/Sgt G. C. Fisher, observer, †
F/Lt Ian Maitland, wireless operator,
F/O Ralph Van den Bok, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Istha: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1244
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Istha
Hesse
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2005LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Istha, about 18 km west of Kassel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Athol Herbert Jennings, pilot,
W/O Lionel Greer Chaston, observer,
F/Sgt John William Todd, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Herbert Thompson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1942 at 0505 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE432
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
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.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE150
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
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.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE366
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Lakenheath AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
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.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Zevendonk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0334 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE244
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Zevendonk
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
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. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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