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

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1408
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2241LT on July 1st on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it crashed in Plouzané, about 10 km west of Brest. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bryan Daniel James Kennedy, pilot,
P/O John Ellis Horsfield, pilot,
P/O George Frederick Burbridge, observer,
Sgt Francis Theodore Kearney, wireless operator,
Sgt James Cotland Robertson, wireless operator,
P/O John Farmer Philpott, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1343
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2238LT on July 1st on an operation to Brest. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Mervyn Symmons, pilot,
P/O Standish Locksley St. Vincent-Welch, pilot,
Sgt William James Megran, observer,
Sgt Cecil Charles Reidmuller, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Harland Crafts, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert James Harrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Grimsby

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1640
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2212LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and was ditched in the North Sea some 60 km east of Grimsby. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt P. Nowakowski,
Sgt Wielondek,
F/O C. Dej,
Sgt H. Kudelko,
Sgt A. Socha,
Sgt W. Sosinski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1509
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2306LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Deinstedt. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW. The air gunner died the following day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt James Vivian Gill, air gunner, †
Sgt Frank Leonard Davidson,
Sgt Edward Alfred Gibbs,
P/O Wilfred Hetherington,
P/O Sydney William Wild,
P/O Allan Frank McSweyn.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1373
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2135LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed near Warmsen. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Korab-Brzozowski,
W/O Jan Pawel Bujak,
W/O Mieczyslaw Jozef Hasinski,
F/Lt Edward Hubicki,
F/Lt Leon Kozlowski,
W/O Adam Weiss.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2806
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2250LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was slot without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Francis Egerton Bryant, pilot,
Sgt Allan Ernest Ross Barton,
P/O Ernest Edward Ellner, observer,
Sgt John Johnstone Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Charles Smallbone, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Robson Marshall, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Manby

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1508
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Region:
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 June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Manby where it crashed upon landing. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt F. S. Payne,
Sgt G. G. Soames,
Sgt Ashcroft,
Sgt H. Vernon,
Sgt H. Tucker,
Sgt Charlton.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5386
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2257LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over Hamburg, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by a Me.110 then crashed in the Kuhwerder Hafen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur Lomax, pilot,
Sgt Horace Edward Meadows, pilot,
P/O Alastair Fulton Struthers, observer,
Sgt Henry Nykerk, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Thomas Relf, 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: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1794
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
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 June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Colin Dingwall Asher,
Sgt James O'Donnell,
Sgt Maxwell Robert Ross,
F/Sgt William Charles Shepherd,
Sgt George Hazen Tett,
F/Sgt William Frederick Towlson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Mediterranean Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9277
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Luqa - Shallufa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a transit mission from Luqa to Shallufa when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Mediterranean Sea. Two crew members drowned and four others were rescued.
Those killed were P/O Leonard Herculese Campbell-Rogers and Sgt Archibald Douglas Cragg.