Schleswig-Holstein | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1915LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Janneby. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Dudley Clark,
Sgt William Charles Hayman,
Sgt George Harrison Johnson,
Sgt Albert Arthur Norman,
Sgt George Ernest Sapcote,
Sgt L. Jones.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z9126

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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2265

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2139LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. While returning to base the following night, the crew called for help. A bearing taken at the time indicated the Whitley was near Sylt. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Walters Bird,
Sgt Harold Bernard Buttell,
Sgt Ivor McCarthy,
Sgt Roy Russell Vosper,
F/Sgt Belph Ward.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 in Schleswig: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Blohm & Voss BV 138

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CB+US

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Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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310039

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1941

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The airplane was transferred by the crew when it crashed near Schleswig and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Herbert Schwarz, pilot,
Gefr Waldemar Löscher, mechanic.

Probable cause:

The loss of control was the consequence of an error of manipulation on part of the crew.

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

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0045 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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X9759

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Barsbüttel, east of Hamburg. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Henry Ryder Hawkins, pilot, †
P/O Hugh Maclachlan Aitrchison, observer, †
Sgt John Gifford Foulkes, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Richard Fawcett, air gunner, †
W/O Robert Boswell Blakeway,
Sgt W. E. Mullins.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Bönningstedt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2354 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE249

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1924LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in Bönningstedt, northwest of the city. Two crew members were killed and two others became Pow.
Crew:
P/O Anthony John Hibell, pilot,
Sgt William Norman Pratt, navigator, †
Sgt Hubert Hobbs, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Hartford Clayden, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2337 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

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L9503

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1955LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Revensdorf. The pilot was killed and six other became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Henry Barrett, pilot,
P/O Harold Stanley Brown, pilot, †
W/O John Anthony Arnsby,
Sgt Sidney Thomas Fisher,
Sgt Henry Edward Greene,
Sgt James William Hays,
Sgt Reginald Shaw.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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X9879

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2052LT on September 11 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Kaltenhof. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Donald Ward Bennett, pilot,
Sgt David John Wyatt, pilot,
Sgt David George Willis, observer,
F/Sgt Irwin Phillips Graham, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Michael Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Kenvin, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1772

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2023LT on September 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Schellhorn. The pilot was killed and five other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Rowland Bertram Dunstan Hill, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ernest Mason,
Sgt Thomas Edwin Frank Mutton,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Squire,
Sgt John Atherton Williams,
Sgt Paul Fincham.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE299

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2125LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Schwedeneck, north of Kiel. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Cecil Curties, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick Joseph Matkin, observer, †
Sgt John Plant, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Mann, wireless operator. †

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE236

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Dänischenhagen, north of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John William Thomas Bromham, pilot,
Sgt Eric Victor Durham, pilot,
Sgt Patrick James Duffy, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Kettlewell, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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