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Lower Saxony

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Moorstrich: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2314 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6575
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2046
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1706LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Moorstrich. Both pilots were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Stanley Gearing, pilot, †
F/Sgt Duncan Gordon McKay, pilot, †
Sgt Norman Shefford Bidwell,
Sgt John Henry Killen Deane,
P/O Fred Ivins.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2052 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9299
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2363
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1650LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Georgsheil. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Wilson Hewitt, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Bolles Vose, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Bertram Grundy, observer,
Sgt Reginald Walter Weymouth, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James William Woodroffe, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wangerooge Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1941 at 2045 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE317
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1705LT on an operation to Emden. Flying along the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wangerooge Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter James Moss, pilot,
Sgt Wilfrid Langdon Ball,
Sgt Ralph Hollesley Breckell,
Sgt John Francis Tarran, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Sankt Jürgen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0458 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5553
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 2321LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Sankt Jürgen, northeast of Bremen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Merlin Kelmer Solheim, pilot,
F/Sgt Alexander Lawrence Dennis Hassan, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Killin, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Harold Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Colin Hynam, wireless operator,
Sgt Graham Alexander McLeod, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Borkum Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z9130
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2269
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2221LT on an operation to Berlin. Flying along the German coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Borkum Island. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Peter George Scott Dickenson, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Vincent Carpenter, †
Sgt William Martin Chambers, †
P/O David Albert Simpson, air bomber, †
Sgt Brian Stephen Walley.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Wittorf: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9739
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1722LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Germany at night and in icy conditions, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wittorf. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Dean, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alexander Mackenzie, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Murray Gerald Bowen,
F/O Harry Albert Goodwin,
P/O W. D. Moore,
F/L H. H. Henderson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Varrelbusch: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2554
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1721LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at an altitude of 16,000 feet west of Hanover, the crew encountered icing conditions. The engines and fuselage iced up and the airplane became uncontrollable. The crew bailed out at an altitude of 10,000 feet and the pilot followed at 4,000 feet then the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Varrelbusch, north of Cloppenburg. A crewman was killed as his parachute failed to open. Five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Joshua Bell, †
Sgt J. H. Bowman,
F/Lt John Patrick Dickinson,
Sgt Arthur Featherstone,
Sgt Ray Burt Martin,
F/O Philip Roy Searcy.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Spiekeroog Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE253
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Spiekeroog Island. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Lawrance Kidd, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Mcleod Reed, observer,
Sgt Edgar Crowe, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Blair Blackwood, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Selsingen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE136
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg and later crashed in Selsingen, between Bremen and Hamburg. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Michael Wood, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas John Carmichael, observer, †
Sgt Robert Alfred Gladen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric Haste, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Seevetal: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9673
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1946LT on September 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed some 500 metres south of the Hittfeldt railway station in Seevetal. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Harold Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Duncan John McKenzie, pilot,
Sgt Anthony William Petherick, observer,
Sgt Alfred Richard Cooper, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Lionel Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Jock Gordon Clement Keeble, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.