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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Dijon

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1699
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Dijon
Côte-d'Or
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1938LT on September 10 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night, the crew indicated that a forced landing was imminent, apparently after the airplane has been shot down by enemy fire. The airplane crash landed in the region of Dijon and all six crew members evaded.
Crew:
P/O Percy Frank Allen,
Sgt John Ross Walker Christensen,
Sgt Reginald Walter Saxton,
Sgt John Richard Worby,
Sgt Gordon Campbell,
Sgt Henry Thomas Hickton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1396
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
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 Elsham Wolds at 2004LT on September 10 on an operation to Torino. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. It is believed that it may crash somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Maxwell Bennett,
F/Sgt George Ralph Blackmore,
P/O David Layton Petrie,
Sgt George Stevens Rye,
Sgt Aubrey Walter Vernon,
Sgt Charles Edward Wagon.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0459 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8845
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Terwispel
Friesland
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 Honington at 2030LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Terwispel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Cyril Saich, pilot,
Sgt Robert Arthur Banks, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Basil Lowe, observer,
Sgt William Ronald Balls, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Trott, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Scotland MacDonald, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0458 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1798
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Drachtstercompagnie
Friesland
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 Marham at 2023LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Drachtstercompagnie. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Gerald O'hara Keating, pilot,
Sgt Ian Patrick Mchaffie Gordon, pilot,
P/O Roy Le Masurier Cox, observer,
Sgt George Alfred Cook, wireless operator,
Sgt John Gordon Selley, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Alphonsus Baty, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Honington

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1499
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Honington AFB
Suffolk
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 Honington at 2014LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It crash landed at 0445LT on return to base, due to a mistaken assumption that the aircraft had run out of petrol. A fire broke out and the Wellington was destroyed. There were no injuries.
Crew:
F/Sgt A. H. Webborn,
Sgt F. Wilmot,
Sgt H. R. Anderson,
P/O F. W. Boyle,
Sgt D. Shepherd,
Sgt J. V. Cassidy.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Berlin: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1784
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Berlin
Berlin
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 RA Stradishall in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks, pilot,
S/L William Davies, pilot,
F/Lt Keith James Falconer, observer,
F/O William Esplen, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Tyne Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Norman Page, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1772
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Schellhorn
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Marham at 2023LT on September 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Schellhorn. The pilot was killed and five other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Rowland Bertram Dunstan Hill, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ernest Mason,
Sgt Thomas Edwin Frank Mutton,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Squire,
Sgt John Atherton Williams,
Sgt Paul Fincham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 2308 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9705
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Lünten
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 2015LT on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Lünten, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Risdon Malkemus, pilot,
Sgt George William Fenton, pilot,
Sgt Murray Mclaren Keswick, observer,
Sgt Stanley David Chamberlain, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Christopher Hatton, wireless operator,
Sgt John Martin Dixon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8794
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 at 2110LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Noel John Lake, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Allison Clark, pilot,
Sgt Robert Keith Hutt, observer,
Sgt Hugh Miller Elder, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey William Richardson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Alexander Brooks, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Haarlo
Gelderland
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 Feltwell in the evening on an operation to Hüls. Shortly before midnight, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Haarlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Edward Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Peter Simpson Dickson Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Robert Michael Minchin, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Bearne, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt William John Barker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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