Personnel Index - Detail
SCAMBLESBY ACCIDENT:
25 November, 1941: Just two weeks after the fatal flying accident involving Hampden X3135, another of the squadron's Hampdens crashed whilst on a training flight; 20 year-old Sgt Pilot Ron Hough and Sgt George Edward Smith were both killed instantly when their aircraft, AD759 spun into the ground at Scamblesby up on the Lincolnshire Wolds, during low flying. At 14.55hrs during the afternoon of Tuesday 25th, Hampden AD759 was seen making a very low approach towards the village of Scamblesby where Sgt Smith's family lived. Tragically the Hampden's wing struck the ground and the aircraft crashed through fields just on the edge of the village. Sgt Smith, whose relatives still live in the village, is buried in St. Martin’s Churchyard, Scamblesby whilst Sgt Hough rests in Clayton-le-Moors cemetery in Lancashire.
Hampden AD759
Sgt R.R. Hough Pilot (Killed)
Sgt G.E. Smith W/AG (Killed)