Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AW236
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
MSN:
9931
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While engaged in a maritime patrol flight, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L George Charlton Halley, pilot,
P/O Charles McLean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Childs, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Lewis Heald, wireless operator.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7466
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1320LT on an air sea rescue operation to search for crew reported missing from the previous night operations. The aircraft was last seen around 1600LT and failed to return to base. No trace was ever found.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt Clifford Robert Bronson,
Sgt Amos Richard Albert Dexter,
Sgt Frederick William Manners,
P/O Gordon Harold John Pickering,
F/Lt Charles Peter Dovey Price,
F/Sgt Christopher Stanley,
Sgt Neville Jack Weston.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 1117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T1807
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Aberdeen - Aberdeen
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Aberdeen-Dyce airport to escort one Sunderland, two Catalina and HMS Rubis. While flying at low height, it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Lockhart Lander, pilot,
Sgt Harold Leake, observer,
Sgt George Edward Reid Latimer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0820 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5961
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation. While attacking a convoy, it crashed into the sea some 350 km west of Crete. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Arthur Hopkinson, pilot,
Sgt Ian Hamilton, observer,
Sgt John Gibson, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0743 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6820
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2180
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 Topcliffe at 2203LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called for help when the airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harwood-Smith,
Sgt David Roe Pritchard,
P/O Bruce Buchanan Percival Roy,
Sgt Philip Henry Stanton,
Sgt Samuel Thomson.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0742 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6972
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2254
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2242LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. The following morning, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Carleton Thompson Lane,
Sgt Douglas Rowley-Blake,
Sgt Arnold Scott,
Sgt Harold Frederick Stentiford,
P/O Kenneth Monckton Tuckfield.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0642 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9128
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2267
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 Topcliffe at 2207LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. In response to a request for a bearing, the necessary information was transmitted at 0642LT, at which time the Whitley was believed to be nearly 100 km north of Borkum and on course for the east coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
P/O James Cecil Alcuin Allchin,
Sgt Vincent Leigh Brown,
Sgt William Charles Clarke,
F/Sgt James Allison Steeves,
Sgt Thomas Henry Thorley.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into The Channel

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3206
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Berlin. Hit by Flak which set light to the incendiaries and the fire was soon out of control. Distress calls were transmitted, after which the Wellington was put down in the sea. Three days later, all six crew members came ashore near Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Crew:
P/O L. B. Ercolani,
Sgt D. A. S. Hamilton,
Sgt J. B. Holdsworth,
Sgt J. N. MacLennan,
Sgt A. G. Weller,
Sgt A. J. N. Fry.
Probable cause:
Hot by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z6818
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2178
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 1946LT on a Rover patrol of the Ruhr area and with Essen as its objective. It failed to return to base, was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Eric Graham Mounsey, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Claude Carr,
Sgt Alexander Greig Kinnear,
F/Sgt Frederick Maxwell Legere,
P/O Kenneth Beverly McGoun.

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

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1701
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1733LT on an operation to Berlin. In the evening, it was last heard on w/t at 2015LT indicating a ditching was imminent. At that time, the bomber was flying along the Dutch coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Alan Berry,
Sgt Wilfred Buchan,
P/O William Davie Clayton Hardie,
P/O Arthur Leonard Miller,
Sgt William Watson,
Sgt Brian James Wrampling.