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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Werdohl: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2310 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9951
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Werdohl
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Germany at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Werdohl. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Cuthbert Mckechnie Gibson, †
F/Lt W. R. Methven,
Sgt Thomas Patrick Duffy,
Sgt Albert Bernard Frisby,
Sgt Richard Pattinson,
P/O Donald Arthur Webster.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Varrelbusch: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2554
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Varrelbusch
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1721LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at an altitude of 16,000 feet west of Hanover, the crew encountered icing conditions. The engines and fuselage iced up and the airplane became uncontrollable. The crew bailed out at an altitude of 10,000 feet and the pilot followed at 4,000 feet then the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Varrelbusch, north of Cloppenburg. A crewman was killed as his parachute failed to open. Five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Joshua Bell, †
Sgt J. H. Bowman,
F/Lt John Patrick Dickinson,
Sgt Arthur Featherstone,
Sgt Ray Burt Martin,
F/O Philip Roy Searcy.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1701
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1733LT on an operation to Berlin. In the evening, it was last heard on w/t at 2015LT indicating a ditching was imminent. At that time, the bomber was flying along the Dutch coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Alan Berry,
Sgt Wilfred Buchan,
P/O William Davie Clayton Hardie,
P/O Arthur Leonard Miller,
Sgt William Watson,
Sgt Brian James Wrampling.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Beilen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2516
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Beilen
Drenthe
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1728LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Beilen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Charles George Gilmore, pilot,
Sgt George William Thomas Wiggs, pilot,
F/Sgt Ian Gordon Harrowby, observer,
Sgt Albert Charles Frank Harrop, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Harold Sanders, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Reginald Schofield, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Pontivy

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941 at 2046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2565
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down
Location:
Pontivy
Morbihan
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Boscombe Down at 1830LT on a special signals investigation flight over France. During the course of the operation, the starboard airscrew fell off and the airplane was abandoned by the crew over Pontivy and crashed. Six crew members became PoW and another one evaded.
Crew:
P/O Leslie George Bull, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Wallis Mackenzie, pilot,
P/O Howard Goolding Cundall, radar specialist,
P/O William Jack Grisman, observer,
Sgt John Gannon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Statham, wireless operator,
Sgt Oscar Albert Sheffield, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right airscrew in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC on Schiermonnikoog Island

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941 at 2105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9873
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Schiermonnikoog Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1750LT on an operation to Bremen. Passing along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on a beach of the Schiermonnikoog Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Percy Valentine Brazier,
Sgt Allan William Clarke,
F/Sgt Peter James Clayton Darvill,
Sgt Albert Edwin Robinson,
W/O John William Brodie Snowden,
Sgt Herbert Edward Woolley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rougham

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941 at 1250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9833
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Rougham
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise, the airplane crashed at 1250LT at Washpit Farm near Rougham. A fire broke out on impact and one crew member was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Tomkins,
Sgt Carroll,
Sgt Gordon.
Probable cause:
The accident was attributed to engine failure and loss of control in the emergency landing that followed.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Berner's Heath: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1722
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Berner's Heath
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1820LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Berner's Heath range located east of RAF Mildenhall. The pilot was killed and another crew was injured.
Crew:
P/O J. A. Watson, pilot, †
Sgt J. E. Cox,
Sgt R. S. Andrews,
Sgt Wilson,
P/O R. C. Scarlet,
Sgt R. D. Meek.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Rømø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8946
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Rømø Island
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in the tidal area south of Rømø Island. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Fisk, †
Sgt Logan Carmon Bentley, wireless operator, †
P/O Frank William Wade, †
Sgt Thomas Clifford Bartle,
P/O Ivan Henry Collett,
P/O John Stephen Walters.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Cromer: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941 at 2210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5720
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Cromer
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it suffered an engine failure and ditched in the sea some 12 miles off Cromer. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/O S. Stenocki, †
P/O E. A. Ladro,
P/O T. S. Skarzynski,
F/O Z. B. Sokolowski,
P/O T. Krzywon,
P/O L. K. Assmann.
Probable cause:
Failure of the port engine while approaching the British coast at night.
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