Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1004

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1823LT on February 11 on an operation to Bremen. It was abandoned by the crew for unknown reasons while flying over Cambridge, dove into the ground and crashed onto houses located in Histon Road. Three ladies on the ground were killed while all six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Clarke,
Sgt Douglas,
Sgt Tilson,
Sgt White,
Sgt Hoy,
Sgt Campbell.
Those killed on ground were:
Mrs. Catherine Allen
Mrs. Anne Warland,
Mrs. Ada Sara Blackwell.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Conksbury

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941

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L7811

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The airplane departed RAF Midlenhall at 1811LT on February 11 to attack the Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned over Derbyshire. All six crew members were found alive, among them one was injured. The airplane crashed in Conksbury and was destroyed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
Sgt H. G. Turner, pilot,
Sgt B. F. Campbell,
Sgt J. B. McKnight,
Sgt H. G. Pates,
Sgt D. Piper,
Sgt G. Rae.

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Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bredfield

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1941 at 0210 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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R1096

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Plain, Valley

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1919LT on February 10 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night and while some 30 miles off the East Anglia coast, the bomber was hit by AA fire from an Allied convoy. The pilot elected to divert to RAF Martlesham Heath but he overshot the runway and the airplane crashed in a pasture located in Bredfield, about five miles northeast of the airbase. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. G. D. McKay,
Sgt Millington,
Sgt McRiner,
Sgt House,
Sgt Bevan,
Sgt Ainsbury.

Probable cause:

Mistakenly attacked by friendly fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Narborough

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1941 at 0145 LT

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R1084

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2035LT on February 10 on an operation to Hanover. The following night, while returning to base, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crash landed in Narborough. A crew was injured and five others were unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt R. Hill,
Sgt H. H. Rogers,
Sgt W. J. W. Robson,
Sgt W. T. Bennett,
Sgt D. D. Baird,
Sgt R. Benson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1941

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T2610

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Newton - Newton

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The airplane departed RAF Newton at 1847LT on February 19 on an operation to Hanover. It suffered a loss of engine power and crashed in the North Sea. All six crew members were injured and rescued two days later by SS Tovelil.
Crew:
Sgt W. R. Crich,
Sgt G. A. Farley,
Sgt L. F. Waern,
Sgt R. Layfield,
Sgt N. Cameron,
Sgt G. G. Chadd.

Probable cause:

Loss of engine power.

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

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1941 at 2335 LT

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T2702

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2135LT on an operation to Hanover. While flying over the Netherlands at night, the bomber was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in the IJssel some 15 km west of Kampen. Five crew members were rescued and became PolW while a sixth occupant was killed.
Crew (15th Squadron):
Sgt William Robert Garrioch, pilot,
Sgt William Hansford Jordan, copilot,
Sgt Robert Frederick Beioley, navigator,
Sgt Hardie George Hedge, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Glyndwr Reardon, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt John Hall, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Stradishall

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1941 at 2025 LT

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N2776

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1803LT on an operation to Boulogne. While returning to base in the evening, the crew encountered technical problems with the hydraulic system. After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest. All six crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
P/O W. Spooner,
P/O Gilson,
Sgt Murphy,
Sgt Horobin,
Sgt Ludkin,
Sgt Trevillian.

Probable cause:

Failure of the hydraulic system.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Syerston: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1941

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R1014

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The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Syerston. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed northwest of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jan-Adam Cymborski,
Sgt Jozef Jonczyk,
Sgt Wojciech Lichota,
Sgt Stanisław Tofin.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Stradishall

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1941 at 0302 LT

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T2841

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