South Yorkshire

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Z8427

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Bombing

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1759LT on an operation to Ostend. While returning to base in the evening, it crashed at 2115LT at Crowtree Farm while in the airbase circuit, due to a faulty altimeter setting, which led the pilot to think he had 500 feet to go before landing. Four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. Gusowski,
Sgt M. Lembrych,
F/O K. Gebik,
Sgt K. Gorny,
Sgt M. Gora,
Sgt B. Zwiewka.

Probable cause:

Wrong altimeter setting on approach to base.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941

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Registration:

L4176

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Site:

Finningley AFB (Doncaster)

Schedule:

Finningley - Finningley

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South Yorkshire

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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The crew was completing a local bombing practice training flight on a nearby range when the airplane impacted trees and crashed northwest of the airbase. Two crewmen were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. A. Ogden, pilot,
Sgt McHugh +2.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1941 at 2110 LT

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W5591

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Ferry

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Binbrook - Lindholme

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The crew departed RAF Binbrook on a transit flight to RAF Lindholme after Marconi had modified the radio equipment. On approach to RAF Lindholme, the crew encountered poor visibility when the airplane crashed, bursting into flames. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. Maka,
Sgt Z. Jedrzejczak,
Sgt Z. Mochnacki,
Sgt W. Stanowski.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1941

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W5529

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Test

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The crew was completing a local test flight at RAF Lindholme. The port engine failed and the bomber crashed while trying to make a single engine landing. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. Szybka,
Sgt J. Duda,
LAC F. Matysiak,
LAC S. Jablonski.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1941 at 0135 LT

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W5557

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Bombing

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1943LT on September 26 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on final approach. All six crew members were seriously injured and four of them died within the next day.
Crew:
Sgt Eugeniusz Buszko, †
Cpl Tadeusz Korczyk, †
Cpl Jerzy Slawomir Leyche, †
Cpl Wiktor Wasilenko, †
P/O S. Barzdo,
Sgt Z. Pisarek.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at RAF Finningley: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

Operator:

Registration:

V4036

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Finningley AFB (Doncaster)

Schedule:

Finningley - Finningley

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South Yorkshire

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Finningley. Shortly after takeoff in limited visibility (about 150 yards), the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a hangar. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
S/L Arthur John Frank Churchill, †
P/O Richard Francis Keighley, †
F/Sgt E. Groves.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth in Askern

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1941

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth

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X9383

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7093

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1935

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En route to Manchester-Ringway Airport, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Askern. While taking off, the airplane impacted trees and crashed. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was not repaired.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Lindholme: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941 at 1100 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Operator:

Registration:

AD897

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Lindholme - Finningley

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Shortly after takeoff from RAF Lindholme, while climbing, the airplane went out of control, got inverted and crashed near the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Ronald Bousfield, pilot,
AC1 Herbert Leslie Reed, observer,
Sgt James Edward Stanley Burke, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Hopkin Tittley, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Finningley: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1941 at 1805 LT

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Registration:

P4389

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Test

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