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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Emden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1332
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Emden
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1850LT on an operation to Emden. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire. The crew indicated on w/t that an engine was on fire then the airplane crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Marven Ernest Farnan,
F/Sgt Alexander Harkness,
Sgt John Horabin,
Sgt John Stephen Lappin,
Sgt Robert George Wernham, observer,
P/O Charles Stewart White.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1941 at 2218 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Gildehaus
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1936LT on an operation to Berlin. Just after passing the German border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gildehaus. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Murchie, pilot,
Sgt German Francis Findlay, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Blake, observer,
Sgt David Preston Hawkes, wireless operator,
P/O Andrew Gordon Milne, air gunner,
Sgt James Bulman Bell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6021
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Hemslingen
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 Wyton in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hemslingen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Hedley James Allen Dyer, pilot,
P/O Edward John Douglas Guild, pilot,
Sgt Trevor Henry Barton Jones, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Walter Cameron Mackenzie, observer,
Sgt Arthur Needham, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Dempsey Wallace, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Charles Snead, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bockhorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0033 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X3205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Bockhorn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Bockhorn, south of Wilhelmshaven. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Gordon Sloman, pilot, †
Sgt James Allen Ward, pilot, †
Sgt Robert William Toller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Hutley Toothill, air gunner, †
Sgt Lloyd Elroy Peterson,
Sgt Harold Cook Watson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1015
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Andervenne
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1955LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Andervenne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Zdenek Babicek,
Sgt Alois Jarnot,
Sgt Jan Miklosek,
F/O Mojmir Sedlacek,
Sgt Vilem Soukup,
P/O Antonin Zimmer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Welle: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2329 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6957
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2249
YOM:
1941
Location:
Welle
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1905LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Welle. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Thomas Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Vincent Flynne, wireless operator, †
P/O James Ivor Davies,
Sgt John Hugh Davis,
Sgt James Edgar Gowland.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Oldenburg

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE318
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on September 7 on an operation to Kiel and crashed for unknown reasons near Oldenburg. All four crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Denis Good,
Sgt Douglas Frederick Endsor,
Sgt R. Williamson,
Sgt I. H. McDonald.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0056 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6668
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2102
YOM:
1941
Location:
Quakenbrück
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 2004LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls (chemical factory). While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Quakenbrück. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Harry Painter, pilot,
Sgt Desmond William Mercer, pilot,
Sgt Derek George Kemp, observer,
Sgt Donald Watson Gillies, wireless operator,
P/O Richard John Minnis, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Borkum Island

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE315
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Borkum Island
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2000LT on September 2 on a mine laying operation. While approaching the island of Borkum at a too low altitude, the airplane collided with a sand bank and crashed into the sea. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Logan,
Sgt Richard Brian Olliver,
Sgt John F. Payne,
Sgt John Donald Walshe.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1008
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Obernheide
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2216LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing south of Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Obernheide. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Page Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Keith Ernest Smith, pilot,
P/O Ernest Wakefield, observer,
Sgt Alfred Ronald Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles James Matthews, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Keith Francis Lewis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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