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

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9292
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
North Sea
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Region:
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Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off the Danish coast. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William John Finlayson,
P/O Rex Martyn Sanderson,
Sgt Jack Gibbs,
Sgt William Grice Hitchmough,
Sgt Reginald William Bryant White,
P/O Frederick Bernard Cleak, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3671
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Horsham - Horsham
Location:
The Channel
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Region:
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Horsham St Faith at 1100LT on an anti-shipping mission. It probably crashed into The Channel. No trace was ever found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Allister Smith Ogilvy, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Walker, observer,
Sgt David Neill, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9243
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1900LT and was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Edmund Norman Keller,
Sgt Randolph Frederick Denning,
Sgt Charles Harold Douglas,
Sgt Arthur Reginald Mattick,
Sgt Bernard Shuttleworth,
Sgt Albert Wright.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 into the Irish Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
7T+FK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
3475
Location:
Irish Sea
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Region:
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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 Liverpool. After being shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire, it crashed into the Irish Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew.
Obltn Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter, pilot,
Lt Horst Felber, observer,
Ogefr Walter Hoppmann, radio operator,
Uffz Jürgen Weber.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9273
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2222LT on October 9 on an operation to Heringen. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick Tawse Catto,
Sgt Kenneth Mcnab Davidson,
F/O Roy Giffard Furness,
Sgt Francis George Rae McDonald,
Sgt Marcus Pete Reynolds,
Sgt Kenneth Shimells.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
7T+HL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2771
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hans Langer, pilot,
Lt Erik van harbou, observer,
Ogfr Herbert Rübensam, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Göhlich, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4417
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Stenhouse Boak, pilot,
Sgt Francis John Brooker,
Sgt James Douglas Marshall,
Sgt Charles Harold Wise.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
L4488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
8349
YOM:
1940
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
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Region:
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1235LT on a maritime patrol mission. While cruising along the Belgian coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Francis Driscoll Flinn,
Sgt Francis Arthur O'Malley,
W/O Alexander Mitchell Buchan Robertson,
Sgt Stanley Walter Shirley.

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

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2965
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
North Sea
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World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Day, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Robert Sillett,
Sgt John Tomlinson,
Sgt George James Devlin, wireless operator.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the Irish Sea

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1940 at 0640 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1483
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1623
YOM:
1939
Location:
Irish Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1800LT On September 30 to bomb the Air Ministry building in the Leipzigstrasse in Berlin. On return, while flying over England at night, the crew sent a series of distress calls and descended to the Irish Sea where the airplane was ditched at 0640LT. Late in the evening of October 1st, all five crew members were rescued by a trawler with various injuries.
Crew:
F/O L. D. Wood,
P/O K. Humby,
Sgt C. Douglas-Browne,
Sgt E. R. Mounsey,
Sgt R. M. Thomas.
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