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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2784
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Brandon
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
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 at 2255LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered heavy rain upon arrival and the airplane crashed 800 yards from the Q site at Brandon, southeast of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stuart William Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Richard Rishworth, pilot,
Sgt William Frederick Archer, observer,
Sgt Hugh Wright Hardie, wireless operator,
Sgt James Murray Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt S. D. Lane.
Probable cause:
Heavy rain was a contributory factor in the cause of this accident.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1222
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Nederweert
Limburg
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 2301LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Nederweert. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Palmer, pilot,
F/Sgt Neil Caldwell Cook, pilot,
Sgt William James Howard Hartry, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Patrick Campbell, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Thomson McDonald, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Fullard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0131 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1624
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Bocholt
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
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 at 2300LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Bocholt. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon David Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Henry Edmund Robinson, observer,
Sgt Clement Peter Blackburn, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Walford Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Coodon Caesar, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1536
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Roggel
Limburg
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 2315LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Roggel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leslie William Parfitt, pilot,
F/Lt John Stokes, pilot,
Sgt John Harold Storey, observer,
Sgt Albert Glover, wireless operator,
Sgt Fred Wood, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry David Patrick Dyer, 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: Jul 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3171
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 July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Ewen Ernest Fotheringham, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Harold Campbell Roberts, observer,
Sgt Sydney Allan Dyer,
Sgt Phillip Edgar Hare,
Sgt Eric Vincent Keiran Higgins,
Sgt Douglas Malcolm MacKinnon.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Langham

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0238 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1002
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Langham 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 Syerston at 2240LT on July 14 on an operation to Bremen. The crew encountered engine trouble and decided to return to base but finally diverted to RAF Langham where the airplane crashed on final approach. All six crew members were slightly injured and the airplane was destroyed.
Sgt C. R. Gebicki,
Sgt K. Paszkiewicz,
P/O J. Ostrowsky,
P/O C. W. Siuda,
Sgt K. Szewczyk,
Sgt J. Trzebski.
Probable cause:
Engine trouble.

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

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0227 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5726
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Hemelingen
Bremen
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 Syerston in the evening of July 14 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hemelingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Burak,
Cpt Jerzy Janota-Bzowski,
Sgt Czesław Kaczalski,
Lt Antoni Zenon Lisinski,
Sgt Stanisław Aleks Mitkowski,
2nd Lt Jan Ostrowski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1613
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Zeven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on the evening of July 14 on an operation to Bremen. The following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Zeven. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Charles Jenkins, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Kent, †
P/O James Gordon Crampton,
F/Sgt Ronald Instone,
Sgt Marshall Angus Johnson,
F/Sgt Alfred Ernest Jones.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Veendam
Groningen
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 Driffield at 2252LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near a factory located in Veendam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William George Rowse, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Alfred Harmer, pilot,
P/O John Thomas Monks, observer,
Sgt William Everest, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell John Reynolds, wireless operator,
Sgt Laurence Dominick Coogan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Ameland Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0029 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1614
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Ameland Island
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 Stradishall at 2315LT on July 14 on an operation to Bremen. While flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Victor Kingsley Brown, pilot,
Sgt Maxwell Ritchie Collins,
Sgt Joseph Shield Else,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Hull, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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