ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22455
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| Date: | Saturday 21 December 1940 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3154 |
| MSN: | ZN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lords Seat, Rushup Edge, 2 miles west of Castleton, Peak District -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3154 (ZN-A) of 106 Sqaudron, RAF Finningley. Written off (destroyed) 21/12/1940. The Hampden had taken off from RAF Finningley on a night navigation exercise. The aircraft crashed at Lords Seat, on Rushup Edge, 2 miles West of Castleton, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Peak District, Derbyshire at around 20:15.
The official inquiry determined that the aircraft was 50 miles west of its intended track and was flying too low. A contributory factor may also have been due to poor definition between the low cloud and the snow-covered ground. All four crew on board killed:
83259 Pilot Officer Michael Hubbard (pilot, aged 20) (killed),
590585 Sgt Kenneth Walsingham Boyd Perkins (pilot, aged 24) (killed),
553939 Sgt Derrick Joseph Davey (wireless operator/air gunner, aged 19) (killed),
648240 Sgt David William Smith (wireless operator/air gunner, aged 18) (killed)
Sources:
1. Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide : Historic Crash Sites on the Moors By Nick Wotherspoon, Alan Clark, Mark Sheldon page 117
2. https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/handley-page-hampden-x3154-rushup-edge/
3. http://macr.moonfruit.com/hampden-x3154/4524215340
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/31272080@N07/sets/72157623163359627/
5. http://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2010/11/handley-page-hampden-mki-x3154-coded-zn.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2718900/hubbard,-michael/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2723732/perkins,-kenneth-walsingham-boyd/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2733604/davey,-derrick-joseph/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403558/smith,-david-william/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1941 | AE193 | 106 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea NW of Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 28 January 1942 | AT122 | 106 Sqn RAF | 4 | Lievelde-Besselinkschans, 10 km NW of Winterswijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 28 January 1942 | AT121 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | Langestraat, Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2008 01:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 13-Aug-2012 00:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2018 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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