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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bockhorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0033 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X3205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Bockhorn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Bockhorn, south of Wilhelmshaven. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Gordon Sloman, pilot, †
Sgt James Allen Ward, pilot, †
Sgt Robert William Toller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Hutley Toothill, air gunner, †
Sgt Lloyd Elroy Peterson,
Sgt Harold Cook Watson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1015
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Andervenne
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1955LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Andervenne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Zdenek Babicek,
Sgt Alois Jarnot,
Sgt Jan Miklosek,
F/O Mojmir Sedlacek,
Sgt Vilem Soukup,
P/O Antonin Zimmer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Wantage

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1941 at 0350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2802
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Wantage
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2220LT on September 13 on an operation to Brest. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons near Wantage Hospital. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Nicholls,
Sgt Klassen,
Sgt Jordan,
Sgt Swan,
Sgt W. J. Gibbons,
Sgt Trevillian.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Waterbeach

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1941 at 2222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9703
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Waterbeach AFB
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2222LT and crashed almost immediately, bursting into flames. All six crew members evacuated safely and the five aircraft still waiting to leave had to be cancelled.
Crew:
Sgt J. S. F. Watt, pilot,
Sgt Bell,
Sgt J. W. Humphrey,
Sgt J. K. Whitfield,
Sgt H. Martin,
Sgt W. A. Bolton.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Feltwell

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1941 at 2215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1792
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Feltwell AFB
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2215LT on an operation to Brest. The pilot throttled back too soon at takeoff, causing the bomber to sink back on the ground. There were no injuries among the crew and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt S. D. G. Gray +5.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Sevenich

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9670
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Sevenich
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
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 in the evening of September 12 on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Sevenich. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Richard Birchenough,
Sgt Leslie Booth,
Sgt Charles Frederick Dare,
Sgt Ian Harrison Leitch,
Sgt Robert Moodie,
Sgt Robert Purdy.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Lützkampen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941 at 2206 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1328
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Lützkampen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1955LT on an operation to Frankfurt. A little more than two hours later, just after passing the border between Belgium and Germany, it was shot down by enemy fire. With the port engine that had failed, the airplane crashed in Lützkampen. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Croft Atkins, pilot, †
P/O Robin Munro Ryder, †
Sgt Brindley Timms Banner,
Sgt Arthur Edward Hough,
Sgt Robert Challis Thompson,
Sgt Denis Frederick Barlow.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9879
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Kaltenhof
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2052LT on September 11 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Kaltenhof. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Donald Ward Bennett, pilot,
Sgt David John Wyatt, pilot,
Sgt David George Willis, observer,
F/Sgt Irwin Phillips Graham, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Michael Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Kenvin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1038
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
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 Feltwell in the evening of September 11 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. Believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Aubyn Tomlinson, pilot,
Sgt Derek Frederick Dunlop,
F/Sgt Talfryn Barton Hopkins,
Sgt Maurice Wyndham Stuart McVety,
Sgt Keith Vernon Dudley Roe,
Sgt Norman Tweedie.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rotterdam

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941 at 0531 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2805
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Location:
Rotterdam
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 1955LT on September 10. Approaching Rotterdam, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the harbor of Rotterdam. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O G. W. Walenn,
F/Lt T. L. Walker,
Sgt P. A. Edwards,
Sgt S. C. Stevens,
Sgt W. A. Pratt.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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