Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Mildenhall

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940 at 0022 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9268
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1700LT on December 16 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base shortly after midnight, it overshot and came to rest in the bomb-dump. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all six crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt E. White,
Sgt J. S. Marr,
Sgt G. J. P. Morhen,
Sgt E. G. Prettyman,
Sgt W. G. Marett,
Sgt C. G. Ward.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Mildenhall: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 16, 1940 at 1515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1294
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Mildenhall, carrying seven crew members, among them a number of potential trainee pilots. While completing a turn at low altitude, the airplane lost speed, stalled and crashed. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Rrichard Seaton Whittington Lloyd, pilot,
AC1 Norman James Cross,
AC2 Neil Morton, pilot,
AC2 James Ian Henderson, pilot,
AC1 Herbert William Little,
Sgt Denziel Sydney Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Christopher George Matthews, air gunner.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the fabric stripped from the top of the starboard wing shortly before the accident.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Edmondsley

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1940 at 1332 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1268
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a cross-country exercise, carrying four Polish crew members. En route, it collided with trees standing on high ground and crashed. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
F/O M. Kostuch,
F/O J. Waroczewski,
F/O E. Stanczok,
Sgt Bogzaowsai.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Wyton

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2718
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training sortie at RAF Wyton. During takeoff, it failed to clear lighting cables on the airfield boundary and crashed. Two crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
S/L R. G. C. Arnold,
P/O B. H. Tweedale,
Sgt H. Smith,
Sgt J. T. Darby,
Sgt J. T. Peters.

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

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2466
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 2325LT on December 11 on an operation to Mannheim. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey William Hartland,
Sgt Harry Leonard Ralls,
Sgt Frederick Charles Morton,
Sgt Robert Winterbottom,
Sgt Jack Swain,
Sgt Laurence William Scott.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rhos Fawr

Date & Time: Dec 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4230
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Harwell - Harwell
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While returning to base at night, the crew encountered severe icing conditions, causing an engine to stop. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted a wheels up landing on Rhos Fawr, Wales. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the emergency landing and all six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L G. Learner,
Sgt Earl,
Sgt Doull,
Sgt Martin,
Sgt Mullen,
Sgt Morley.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC on Mt Cefn yr Ystrad: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1940 at 0312 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2520
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
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 1715LT on December 8 on an operation to Bordeaux. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and got lost. Believing flying over East Anglia, the pilot initiated the descent to RAF Marham when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Cefn yr Ystrad located about 7 km northwest of Rhymney, Wales. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Albert Tindall, pilot,
Sgt David Mills, pilot,
Sgt Hylton Daniel Ellis, observer,
Sgt Stanley Gordon Howard, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Brown, air gunner,
Sgt David Ernest Wallace, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2476
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O David Allan Dadswell,
Sgt Francis Thomas Buckingham,
Sgt Charles Duncan Powrie,
Sgt William Henry James,
Sgt Edward Cooper Lee,
Sgt John Cunningham Macaskie.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3209
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred Arthur Harris, pilot,
Sgt Alan Asquith Wooding,
Sgt William Desmond Ingrams,
Sgt Richard Francis Stacey,
Sgt Arthur Charles Ashman,
Sgt Phillip James White.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3220
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington in the evening of December 7 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Stene near Ostend Airport. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Desmond Geoffrey Stanley,
Sgt Robert Coates Parker,
Sgt John James Coulsham Nanson,
Sgt Anthony Arthur Rogers,
Sgt Joseph Alan Grocott,
Sgt William Humphrey Pontin.