Crash of a Dornier DO.18G in the Arctic Ocean

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+DL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
891
YOM:
1941
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 in the Arctic Ocean. All four crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

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

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9337
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 on an anti-shipping operation off the Norwegian coast. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Garfield Mackay, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Edward Hedefine, navigator,
F/Sgt William John Pearce, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z6144
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 at 0539LT on an operation to the Faroe Islands. It was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Hans Walter Van Panhuys, pilot,
Sgt Laurence Geoffrey Hillier, observer,
Sgt Harold Alexander Cook, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1941 at 0116 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9152
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
MSN:
2286
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 1732LT on November 1st on an operation to Kiel. The following night, it was last heard while in contact with RAF Bircham Newton but failed to return to base. It was lost without trace and it is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L James Mercer, pilot,
F/Lt James Reith Campbell,
Sgt Rennie Frank Duggan,
Sgt Thomas Peter Woodhouse,
F/Sgt Victor George Wright.

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

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941 at 2204 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6749
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2137
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 1740LT on an operation to Kiel. In the evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Vannio Max Albrecht,
Sgt John Charles Brooks,
Sgt Philip Arthur Champion,
Sgt Duncan Coutts Duguid,
Sgt Jeffrey Glover.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941 at 0032 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9220
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2325
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 Dishforth at 1738LT on October 31 on an operation to Hamburg. Past midnight, the crew asked for help when the airplane crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt William Bourke,
F/Sgt Albert Thomas Bradly,
Sgt Samuel Burgess,
Sgt Charles Allen Guan,
Sgt Geoffrey Oliver Williams.

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

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE358
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 at 1955LT 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 James Wilfred Butler,
P/O Arthur Edward Lloyd,
Sgt William Powell,
Sgt Douglas Frederick Spindler.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+CL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
872
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed in the Barents Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Rudolf Nietsch, pilot,
Lt Hans-Georg Weike, observer,
Ogfr Eckhardt Kleinschmidt, radio operator,
Ofw Alfred Rapphahn, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Failure of the front engine in flight.

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

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z6953
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2245
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 at 1656LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Robert John Albert Cleverdon,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Conroy Couch,
Sgt William Temple Hall,
Sgt William Lowe,
F/O Frank Simpson.

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

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z6950
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2242
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 at 1652LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Every Roberts, pilot,
Sgt Harry Redfern Elliott, pilot,
Sgt William Partington, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Marshall Boyd, wireless operator,
Sgt John Harold Stroll, air gunner.