Swinderby AFB

Landing (descent or approach)

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AE157

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1935LT on September 2 on a mine laying operation. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Waddington where it crashed upon landing in poor visibility and collided with a parked Hampden. Both airplanes were damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O Ferrie,
P/O Bartley,
Sgt Holland,
Sgt Hawkins.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Swinderby

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941 at 1338 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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AE229

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2135LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed at 0430LT onto a Q site near the airbase. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt I. P. Mapp,
Sgt A. B. Welford,
Sgt F. James,
Sgt K. S. Furley.

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

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941

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AD839

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2145LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Abbeville, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Gordon Procter, pilot,
F/Sgt Leonard Cyril Turner, pilot,
Sgt Robert Victor Urpeth, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Henry Willis, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1941 at 2251 LT

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X2991

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2250LT on an operation to Mannheim. After liftoff, it encountered difficulties to gain height and crashed one minute later near the airfield. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Ferrie,
Sgt Redwood,
Sgt Holland.
Sgt Hawkins.

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

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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AE320

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby in the evening of August 25 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pellingen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Roy Frederick Benson Temperley, pilot,
Sgt Richard James Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Fyvie, wireless operator,
Sgt Lionel Ronald Eames Sciville, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1941 at 0144 LT

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AE185

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2255LT on August 17 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the east bank of the Paterswoldsemeer, south of Groningen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Eric Cyril Maskell, pilot,
P/O Henry Law, navigator, †
Sgt George Albert Cowell, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Francis Barclay Orwin, wireless operator. †

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 15, 1941

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P4408

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby in the evening of August 14 on an air rescue mission. While returning to base, it apparently suffered an engine failure and crashed in the North Sea off the Frisian Islands. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Michael Oakley Fisher,
F/Sgt Norman Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Taylor, air gunner,
F/O James Alexander Whitecross.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941

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AE124

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on a mine laying operation. Shortly after takeoff, the left engine failed and the airplane crashed. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. F. B. Temperley,
P/O N. S. Milnes,
Sgt A. Graver,
Sgt C. Bigby.

Probable cause:

Engine failure upon takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Aug 5, 1941

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AE137

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