Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941 at 0114 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD844
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2250LT on July 16 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert George Mitchell,
Sgt Roy William Owen,
P/O Henry Moncrieff Owens,
F/Sgt Douglas Edward Russell.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7T+FL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6371
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in operation to the east coast of England when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Erwin Reinhard, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Preuss, observer,
Ogefr Heinz Stadler, radio operator,
Uffz Fritz Baumeyer, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3171
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 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 into the North Sea

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2737
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
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 2305LT on July 14 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and was ditched in the North Sea. All six crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Evelyn Adams,
P/O Patrick Leslie Dixon,
Sgt James Noble Grace,
Sgt Alexander Lawson,
Sgt Frank William Price,
Sgt Frederick James Woods.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-1 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1941 at 1605 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+GN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Évreux - Évreux
MSN:
5075
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Évreux on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Kurt Bergmann, pilot,
Oblt Willi Bruhn, observer,
Ogfr Reinhold Jonas, radio operator,
Fw Richard Fabian, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M2+GK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
8191
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation to the southeast coast of England and failed to return from operation. Lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Edmund Burghardt, pilot,
Lt Horst Rössel, observer,
Ogefr Alfred Jeike, radio operator,
Gefr Helmut Strädther, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6524
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a training sortie, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Norman Hallam, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Hastings,
Sgt Wilfred Leonard Hiscock.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE153
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of July 8 on an operation to Hamm. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth George Betts,
Sgt Foster Wilson Black,
Sgt Mortimer Livis,
F/Sgt Eric Douglas Tyler.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD840
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of July 8 on an operation to Hamm. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred William Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Albert Soutar, observer,
F/Sgt Samuel John Lytle, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Douglas Mackenzie, wireless operator.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
T4209
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
1882
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. After being badly damaged by the German Flak, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in the North Sea off the east coast of England. Four crew members were killed and a fifth swam nine miles to shore and survived.
Crew:
Sgt David John Clow, †
Sgt William Forster, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Morrison McQuitty, †
P/O Edward Alan Scxotgt, pilot, †
Sgt J. F. Haffenden.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.