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

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7700
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2140LT on an operation to Soesterberg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Ernest Martin Bury, pilot,
Sgt John Samuel Beauchamp, observer,
Sgt Thomas Crilly, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Martin B-26 Marauder into the Philippines Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
40-1438
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Guangzhou - Suva
MSN:
1438
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Guangzhou to Australia via Suva, Fiji Islands. While cruising in stormy weather, the airplane crashed in the Philippines Sea. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Lt Stewart Krauss, pilot,
Lt Louis J. Fuller, copilot,
Lt Daniel J. Burns, navigator,
Cpl Manuel Koff, bombardier,
Cpl Eugene S. Bell, radio operator,
Pvt George M. Riehl, air gunner,
T/Sgt Louis Schmidt, crew chief.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z9214
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
MSN:
2319
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1808LT on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Derrick Ash,
Sgt Peter Windermere Bland,
P/O Dennis Richard Hockaday,
Sgt Alexander MacLeod,
Sgt Hugh Davison McColl.

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

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8578
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2015LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Joseph Antonio Lucien Giroux,
Sgt George William Howes,
Sgt Richard Alfred Hudd,
P/O Frederick William Jones,
Sgt Leslie Ronald Meager,
F/Sgt Leslie Mckenzie Scott.

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

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1802
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1916LT on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Jiri Fina,
Sgt Oldrich Soukop,
F/Lt Jaroslav Kula,
P/O Josef František Cibulka,
Sgt Alois Meznik,
Sgt Frantisek Raiskup.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z9312
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2376
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur James Pratley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Arthur Murphy,
P/O Derrick Bourchier Bailey,
F/Sgt James Eugene Gilfoy,
Sgt Edgar Cecil Reynolds.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3585
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 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Frederick Kelly Sandys, pilot,
Sgt Roy Desmond Joffre Woodcock, pilot,
P/O John Earle, navigator,
Sgt Henry John Price, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Joseph Dunn, air gunner,
F/Lt Thomas James Desmond Baber, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1257
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Stefan Zakrzewski, pilot,
Sgt Zbigniew Korzon, pilot,
F/O Prot Jacek Perkowski, observer,
Sgt Edmund Stanisław Kosior, wireless operator,
Sgt Mieczysław Ziajski, wireless operator,
Sgt Eugeniusz Siuda, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3588
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 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Peter James Robert Kitchin, pilot,
P/O William James Parton, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Sidney George Cullen, navigator,
Sgt William Clezy, wireless operator,
Sgt Tony Kevin Carter, air gunner,
Sgt Lloyd Montgomery Chamberlain, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8428
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1944LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Robert Keep Durbridge, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Neville Longergan, pilot,
F/Sgt Francis Campbell Garnett,
F/Sgt James Morley Broddy,
Sgt William Wright,
Sgt George Albert Tilley.