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Rutland

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Cottesmore: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4205
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Cottesmore. The airplane overshot, stalled and crashed, killing the pilot.
Crew:
P/O E. A. C. Hill, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1939 at 1157 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4203
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Cottesmore – Heston
Location:
Widmer End
Buckinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a training flight from RAF Cottesmore to Heston, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in Widmer End. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Musgrave, pilot,
S/L Nigel Hope, observer,
AC2 Daniel O’ Regan, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Lindsay Thom, wireless operator and air gunner.
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