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Lower Saxony

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Zeven: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3664
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Zeven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2309LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Zeven, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas George Young, pilot,
F/O Valentine Ronald Hartwright, pilot,
P/O Huntley Donald Brander, observer,
F/Sgt James Ronald Dale, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Dennis Howard Glyn Poole, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alfred George Reading, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Walter Dryburgh Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Oldenburg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0156 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD895
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2315LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the district of Osternburg in OIdenburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Murray Richard Frederick Baker, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Bevans, pilot,
Sgt Morgan Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Smith, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Stemmermühlen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6001
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Stemmermühlen
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2257LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Stemmermühlen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Terrance Chambers Seale, pilot,
Sgt Richard Lyndon Barrett,
Sgt Maurice George Brown,
F/Sgt Bernard William Grocock, observer,
F/Sgt Roland Ernest Walls, wireless operator,
Sgt Laurence Whittle, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Thorpe Archer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Cuxhaven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6572
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2043
YOM:
1941
Location:
Cuxhaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2230LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Wadden Sea, between the estuaries of Weser and Elbe, near Cuxhaven. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Condie McArthur, pilot,
Sgt Donald Macauley Philp, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest John James Raper, observer,
Sgt William James Clarke, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Samuel Shannon Carlile, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hipstedt: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4179
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1872
YOM:
1940
Location:
Hipstedt
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2231LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hipstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Vincent Bingham-Hall, pilot,
Sgt John Stanley Shaw, pilot,
Sgt John Marshall McAlonan, observer,
Sgt Douglas Walter Banham, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Lawley, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Dollern: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6647
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2081
YOM:
1941
Location:
Dollern
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2232LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dollern. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Singleton, pilot,
Sgt John Clayton Goodwin, pilot,
Sgt Hugh Gartside Chorlton, observer,
Sgt Joseph Humphries, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Norman Williams, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Buxtehude: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1941 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9492
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Buxtehude
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2309LT on June 23 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eilendorf, one km south of Buxtehude. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Walter Kell Stobbs, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Leonard Cullum, observer, †
Sgt Alan Turner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Simpson Adair, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Henry Barnard, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Stuart Lipton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Bremervörde: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD969
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Bremervörde
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2255LT on June 22 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising off Friesland, it was attacked by the German Marine Flak and crashed 50 minutes later in Bremervörde. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard John Heavens, pilot,
Sgt Walter George Price, pilot,
F/Sgt Neil Erskine Byres, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric William Sponder, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Lorup: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6661
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2095
YOM:
1941
Location:
Lorup
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lorup, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Clarkson Richards, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Richards George, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Charles Berwick, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Fletcher Cook, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Norderney: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6248
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
Norderney
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton on an operation to Norderney. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed off the island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Morton Duffus,
Sgt Iain Fraser Gow,
F/Sgt David Graham Keane.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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