Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 29, 1942
Registration:
P4398
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. It is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea after encountering severe icing conditions. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Sporny, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Anyan, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Dickerson, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Mckay Young, wireless operator.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Sporny, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Anyan, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Dickerson, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Mckay Young, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Icing conditions.