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

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 2354 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD829
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Country:
Region:
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 Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Sauville: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1940 at 1620 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6223
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Plivot - Plivot
MSN:
9320
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Plivot on a bombing mission over German positions in Sedan. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in the Bois de la Cassine, near Sauville. Two crew members were uninjured while a third was killed.
Crew:
Sgt N. E. Brady, pilot,
Sgt G. A. Willsher, observer,
LAC Stanley A. Maddox, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Sauville: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4827
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Plivot - Plivot
MSN:
9342
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Plivot on a bombing mission over German positions in Sedan. It crashed in the Bois de la Cassine near Sauville, after being shot down by the pilot of a Me.109. A crewman was killed and two others survived.
Crew:
Sgt Brady,
Sgt Willsher,
LAC S. A. Maddox. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.