Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Grimsby: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5536
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2130LT on August 14 on an operation to Rotterdam. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed in the Humber Estuary off Grimsby. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harrison, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alan Wakeford, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Price,
Sgt A. Cameron,
Sgt Cook,
Sgt P. Thorpe.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Blievenstorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5433
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Blievenstorf
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2046LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and was abandoned by the crew. The airplane dove into the ground and was destroyed while all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert McDougal Durham,
P/O John Raymond Gibbon,
F/Lt Alexander Douglas Gosman,
Sgt Kenneth Stuart Holman,
Sgt James Jackson,
Sgt Leslie Frith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Nutley: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1941 at 0256 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5364
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Nutley
East Sussex
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 Binbrook at 0001LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed at 0256LT on heath land in the Ashdown Forest near Nutley. The bomber struck the ground in a slight nose down attitude and with the left engine feathered. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Ronald Sutton, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Alexander Vincent Vidler, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Stanley Brooks, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Ernest Cave, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Stanley Hathaway, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leonard Saunders, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5380
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
The Channel
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 Binbrook on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and probably crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alan William Felton,
Sgt Robert Kenneth Godfrey,
F/Sgt Frederick James Hardiman,
F/Sgt Harold Heald,
Sgt John Raymond Mason,
F/Sgt Chris Redvers Preece.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Guilers: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5360
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Guilers
Finistère
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2325LT on July 6 on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Guilers, northwest of Brest. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Andrew George Gordon Baird, pilot,
Sgt Charles Hepburn Robson, pilot,
F/O William Francis Ward, observer,
Sgt Thomas Oakley Burgess, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Kenneth Charles Amy, air gunner,
F/O Stanley Page Watkins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5419
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
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 Binbrook at 2235LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Bethune Baxter,
F/Sgt Bryan Crocker, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Ivan Ferebee,
P/O Peter Donald Macalister,
F/Sgt Glyn Davies Mansel,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Porter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5386
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 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 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
W5391
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
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 Binbrook at 2300LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Grenville Arthur Kitching, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Alan Bunker,
F/O Henry Victor Thomas Helmore,
F/Sgt Cecil George Landon,
Sgt John Muirhead Pickering,
F/Sgt Brian Arthur Rutterford.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in the IJsselmeer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941 at 0059 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5375
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
IJsselmeer
North Holland
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 Binbrook at 2230LT to attack the docks at Emden, Germany. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in the IJsselmeer. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Crewdson Ashton Bond, pilot,
W/Cdr Vyvian Quentery Blackden,
F/O John Du Vernet Broughton, observer,
Sgt George Henry Bishop, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Duncan McDougall, wireless operator,
F/O Harold Marshall, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Binbrook

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5373
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Binbrook AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training mission at RAF Binbrook. Immediately after takeoff, it stalled and crashed. All seven occupants were rescued, among them three were injured.
Crew:
P/O W. B. Bilton,
Sgt M. D. Rogers,
Sgt E. L. Phillips,
P/O M. Jacoby,
Sgt Rowe,
Sgt T. H. Harrower,
Sgt Durham.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine upon takeoff.
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