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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hampton

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3167
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 13 on an operation over Germany. While returning to base at night, it ran out of fuel and crashed near Hampton. The crew abandoned the aircraft and was rescued. Two crew were slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt S. R. Andrews,
Sgt W. R. A. Dick,
Sgt F. Swatton,
Sgt J. A. Bowler,
Sgt R. W. Powell,
Sgt A. McNab.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Hampton: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAPN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hanworth - Hanworth
MSN:
1200
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Hanworth on a local test flight. En route, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in the garden of a house located in Acacia Road in Hampton. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott was killed.