Crash of a Dornier DO.18G off Møn Island

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RZ+AB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
865
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Møn Island. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Mandø Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD850
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton to lay mines in the Kiel Bay. It crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Mandø Island, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Hartley, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Edward Ward, pilot,
Sgt Norman Ivor Cotterell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Ronald Bertram Turner, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Rømø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8946
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in the tidal area south of Rømø Island. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Fisk, †
Sgt Logan Carmon Bentley, wireless operator, †
P/O Frank William Wade, †
Sgt Thomas Clifford Bartle,
P/O Ivan Henry Collett,
P/O John Stephen Walters.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Brandsø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941 at 2217 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W7441
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1850LT on an operation to Stettin. While returning to base in the late evening and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea south of the Brandsø Island. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Donald Tovey, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril James Cobbold, pilot,
Sgt John James Copley, flight engineer,
Sgt David Young Neil, navigator,
Sgt Alec Donaldson, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Waghorn Fulbeck, air gunner, †
Sgt Eric James Rodger, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Rødding: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1941 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
1301
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a navigation training exercise when he encountered poor visibility due to fog. Too low, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill and crashed near Rødding. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Otto Harbich, pilot,
Gefr Heinz Schlegel, student pilot,
Oblt Hans-Helmuth Thiele, observer,
Ogefr Otto Freund, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hostrup

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941 at 0220 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE300
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2140LT on September 11 on an operation to Rostock. Last heard on w/t at 0220LT then the bomber crashed near Hostrup. All four crew members bailed out and were arrested within 48 hours.
Crew:
Sgt James Albert Bannister,
Sgt Francis William Davies,
F/Sgt Rae Joseph Dunn,
Sgt James Alexander Summers Philson.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Vordingborg

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z6498
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2010
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2053LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. It was ditched into the sea off Vordingborg, Denmark. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt F. E. Bowen,
Sgt Colin Robert Dillon Browne,
Sgt Alexander Albert John Goss,
Sgt Jack Overson,
P/O Robert Taylor Charles Oliver White.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Limfjord: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1941 at 0330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE301
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2200LT on August 26 to lay mines in the Western Baltic Sea. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire while passing over Aalborg and crashed into the Limfjord. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Michael James Carr Harwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Noel Lusher, observer, †
F/Sgt William Alexander Oastler, wireless operator, †
Sgt Norman Thomas Powell.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1941 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1455
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 at 2114LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it crashed into the sea some 2 km south of Højer. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick John Brady, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Thomas Everitt, pilot,
Sgt Henry Bruce Stirling Johnston, observer,
Sgt Thomas Whalley, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Edward Temple, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Armstrong, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Copenhagen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+LL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1322
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane caught fire in flight and crashed in a gravel pit located about 3 km southwest of Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hans Schoormanns, pilot,
Lt Dietrich Kondritz, observer,
Uffz Rolf Bernthsen, radio operator,
Fw Max Arneth, mechanic.