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Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Kiel

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
140
YOM:
1927
Location:
Kiel-Holtenau
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taxiing at Kiel-Holtenau Airport, the airplane collided with a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Heinkel He.111 (MSN 1273). The radio operator Fw Dörfeld was injured while both other crew members were unhurt. The airplane was damaged beyond repair while the He.111 returned to service.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Eckernförde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1942 at 2351 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3282
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Feltwell on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Eckernförde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Massy Parnham, pilot,
Sgt John Lukies Brown, pilot,
Sgt Robert McGibbon, navigator,
Sgt Campbell Ewen Justin Aitcheson, wireless operator,
Sgt Murray Alaxander McDonald, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Henry Godfrey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Westerland-Sylt: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5516
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Westerland-Sylt
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Pocklington at 1859LT on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the German coast at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea west of Westerland-Sylt. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt James Alexander Robson, pilot,
W/Cdr Gordon Dale Macallister, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Dyson, observer,
F/Sgt Melvin Peter Frederick Robson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edmund Cecil Phillips, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Stapleton Piers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Kiel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5440
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Binbrook in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area.
Crew:
P/O Edward Akeroyd Bairstow, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Fox, pilot,
P/O Eric Tunnington, observer,
Sgt Rupert Vivian Pereira Ennor, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt George Selwyn Long-Innes, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I on Sylt Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1942 at 0612 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4323
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Sylt Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 on a mine laying operation. Approaching the German coast at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on Sylt Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Arthur Kent, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Stephen Anderson, observer,
Sgt Albert William Blake, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Ronald McLeod, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off Heligoland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1942 at 1810 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM697
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
MSN:
414-2779
YOM:
1941
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Bircham Newton at 1528LT on a maritime patrol flight. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the sea some 50 km west of Heligoland Island. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Clarence Leslie Broadfield,
P/O Robert Crozier,
Sgt Frederick Douglas Orgar,
F/Sgt Roy Livingstone Pitkin.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Haffkrug: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1588
Location:
Haffkrug
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Haffkrug, about 20 km north of Lübeck. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Travemünde

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Registration:
NA+LW
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2001
YOM:
1942
Location:
Travemünde
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local test flight when the floatplane crashed while taking off from the bay off Travemünde. All four occupants were injured.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Lentföhrden: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2224 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9582
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Lentföhrden
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1726LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lentföhrden, about 38 km north of Hamburg. A crew was killed and six other became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Collins, air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Edward Connor,
F/Sgt John Craig Hamilton,
Sgt James Patrick Henderson,
Sgt Jeffrey Arnold Longford,
P/O Clifford Grove Lythgoe,
Sgt Walter Roy Stapleford.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Rastorfer Passau: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2223 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1292
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Rastorfer Passau
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Grimsby at 1757LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rastorfer Passau, about 15 km southeast of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Alexander Gilmour, pilot,
Sgt John Harold Lucking, pilot,
Sgt William Joseph Lewis, observer,
Sgt John Stanley Saunders, wireless operator,
Sgt Jesse Butterworth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Sumner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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