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Lower Saxony

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Sögel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6877
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2218
YOM:
1941
Location:
Sögel
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2210LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Sögel. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Erle James Hampson, wireless operator, †
P/O Gilbert Wedgewood Cole,
Sgt Allan Warren Hawkes,
Sgt Kenneth Peter Marlow,
Sgt Alex Nicholas.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Andervenne: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9500
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Andervenne
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2206LT on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Andervenne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Gerard Garner, pilot,
P/O Ronald Lisle, pilot,
Sgt Howard Torrens McQuigg, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Randolph Sewell, observer,
F/Sgt John Alfred Arthur Cox, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Johnston Rogers, wireless operator,
Sgt Wallace Llewellyn Berry, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
AE131
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Pattensen
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 2110LT on August 14 on an operation to Braunschweig. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Pattensen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Henry Slater-Eiggert, pilot,
F/Sgt Leonard Samuel Thorrowgood, pilot,
F/O Walter Charles Rasbary, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Stephens, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0316 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9531
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Wittstedt
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2134LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Witterstedt. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW. They bailed out but fell in a swamp and drowned.
Crew:
Sgt John James Berry, pilot, †
Sgt Clarence Emerson Whitfield, pilot, †
P/O Victor Digby Durham, observer, †
Sgt Norman Frederick Brotherton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Critchlow, wireless operator, †
W/O William Andrew Irving Bone,
Sgt Kenneth Riley Firth Kenworthy.
Probable cause:
shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0252 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8835
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Rübke
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 2127LT on August 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rübke, some 5 km southwest of Finkenwerder Airport. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Trevor Wallace, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Keighley, pilot,
Sgt John Porthouse, observer,
Sgt Richard George Fane Aldersley, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur William Morgan, wireless operator,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Nolan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Klüverdamm: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0154 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5443
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Klüverdamm
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 Driffield at 2136LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klüverdamm, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Rodney Charles Holyman, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Cornwell Hudson, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Cox, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Herrington, wireless operator,
Sgt William Maxwell Jr., wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Bell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Darrigsdorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5461
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Darrigsdorf
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2125LKT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darrigsdorf. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Harry Budden, pilot,
Sgt John Denis Morgan,
Sgt Cecil Kearne Mousley,
Sgt Leonard Geoffrey Smalley,
Sgt Douglas Storer,
Sgt Donovan Franklin Sugden.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I off Buxtehude: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9530
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:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2135LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buxtehude. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Thompson Niven, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Woods, air gunner, †
F/Lt Christopher Chevalier Cheshire,
Sgt Edward Charles Gurmin,
Sgt Paul Henry Theodore Horrox,
Sgt G. J. Smalley,
Sgt Reginald Charles Wash.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Anderlingen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1341
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Anderlingen
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 Honington at 2120LT on August 12 on an operation to Hannover. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Anderlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Eric Lewin, pilot,
Sgt G. B. Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Archdale Lennard, observer,
Sgt Hugh Forster Barron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles William Albert Wells, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Ramsay Passmore, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Bruchhausen-Vilsen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0049 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3659
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Bruchhausen-Vilsen
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Lower Saxony, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harry George Dickson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Knowsley Henson, observer, †
Sgt Robert Bowie Strachan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Guy Trevor Taylor, pilot, †
Sgt John Dennis Jeffrey,
Sgt Victor Neil Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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