Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1455

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2114LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it crashed into the sea some 2 km south of Højer. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick John Brady, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Thomas Everitt, pilot,
Sgt Henry Bruce Stirling Johnston, observer,
Sgt Thomas Whalley, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Edward Temple, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Armstrong, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1941

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W5715

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2049LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Bainbridge,
Sgt William Royston Fisher,
Sgt Daniel McIntyre,
Sgt James Alfred Nichols,
Sgt Joseph George Richardson,
Sgt Roy Willis.

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

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0225 LT

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X9704

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2329LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Haelen. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
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P/O John Christian Lynn, pilot, †
P/O Michael Isaac Archibald Mendoza, air gunner, †
Sgt John William Rae Culpan,
P/O Ralph Reynolds Henderson,
Sgt Cecil George Jones,
Sgt Kenneth Kingsley Sterrett.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Medemblik: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0206 LT

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N2844

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2348LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer some 15 km off Medemblik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Gerald Boswell, pilot,
Sgt Lothian Julyan George,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Maguire,
P/O Ewart Duncan Pockney, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Shearing,
Sgt Alexander Macgregor Wilson.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Madley

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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R1761

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Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Madley - Madley

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The crew was engaged in a local training exercise out from RAF Madley. After landing, when the pilot realized he was likely to run into a gang of workmen, he opened up the throttles and tried to go around again. In doing so the Wellington failed to gain height and crashed into trees, just beyond the runway. There were no injuries.
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F/O Morawski +5.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Hemswell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1941 at 2335 LT

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R1641

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Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2335LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed almost immediately after liftoff due to a premature retraction of the undercarriage and burst into flames. Shortly afterwards, the bomb-load exploded. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Kazimierz Ceglinski, †
Sgt Stanisław Kuropatwa, †
F/O A. Paszkowski,
Sgt S. Wybraniec,
Sgt S. Kordys,
Sgt H. Glucklich.

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Premature retraction of the undercarriage during takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 2100 LT

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R1068

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Mountains

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Moreton-in-Marsh - Moreton-in-Marsh

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The crew departed RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a cross country navigation exercise and their route was out over mid Wales to the Irish Sea and back to RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, a fairly straight forward flight. During the briefings all crews were instructed NOT to drop through cloud without first confirmation of their location and the terrain below! Being told by using black humor of how over Wales, the clouds have hard centre. Unfortunately unknown to the crew, due to cloud and an unexpected shift in wind direction and speed, they veered off course, then at the allotted time en route they saw a wide water feature about three miles off to port, which they mistook the River Dovey for the coast. No sooner had they glimpsed the water and before realizing it wasn’t the sea, they entered cloud. But sadly, confident the water they saw, along with the timing the Wellington flew on gradually losing height to the pre-arranged height over water of 1000ft, ahead lay the high mountain of Ffridd Rhosfach at around 1,448 feet. The airplane was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Francis Paul Stuart, pilot,
Sgt Herbert George Mole, pilot,
P/O George Joyce Matthews, observer,
Sgt Allan Jackets, wireless operator,
Sgt John Francis Moore, wireless operator,
Sgt George Hewison, air gunner.

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Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ophoven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0215 LT

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2334LT on August 16 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ophoven. Five crew members were killed and sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Aloysius Casey, observer, †
Sgt Gerald Crane, air gunner, †
P/O Norman Dotchin, pilot, †
F/O Geoffrey Lloyd Wells, †
Sgt Frederick Walter York, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Meirion Williams.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0320 LT

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R1016

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