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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD788
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Ipernstedt. A crew survived and became PoW while three others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles William Hancock, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Lawrence Ray, pilot, †
Sgt Philip Edward Whiting, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley Norman Hind.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into Lake Dobersdorfer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1608
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2215LT on June 24 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the small lake of Dobersdorfer, off the village of Dobersdorf, about 10 km east of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Robertson Sutherland, pilot,
Sgt Hartley Ward, pilot,
Sgt George Leslie Bentley, observer,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Frost, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Straughan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD727
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Peter Harold Howard Pritchard, pilot,
Sgt John Bestwick, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Breene,
P/O Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Travemünde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
310013
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a test flight to check the airframe when the floatplane crashed into the sea off Travemünde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fritz Reccius, pilot,
Walter Beckmann, chief,
Mr. Bode, engine controller,
Heinrich Krug, electrician,
Otto Stahl, workshop manager,
Hans Westphal, flight engineer.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9272
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1400LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching Heligoland Island, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas John Robert Craig, †
Sgt Robert George Ratcliffe,
Sgt Frederick John Joseph Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 off Hörnum: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+BK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
310023
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Suffered an accident in Hörnum, apparently following a structural failure. The air gunner was killed and all four other crew members were injured.
Crew.
Lt Hans-Joachim Fried, pilot,
Ogefr Johann Wirringa, radio operator,
Ofw Georg Klare, mechanic,
Uffz Friedrich Braun, mechanic,
Ogefr Helmut Hahn, air gunner. †

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6372
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1102LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching Heligoland Islands, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Vernon Fillingham,
Sgt Reginald Percival Mayers,
P/O James Flockhart Thom Ogilvie.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1462
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of May 11 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Norderstedt, north of Hamburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Grahame Toplis, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richard Kenneth Burley, pilot,
Sgt Arnold Walker Gibson, observer,
Sgt Hubert William John Barr, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Livesey, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Webley James, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Norderstapel: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0143 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1330
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2225LT on May 11 on an operation to Hamburg. It was coned by searchlight then shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Norderstapel. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Bartle Murray, pilot, †
Sgt Roderick William Finlayson, pilot, †
Sgt Deryck Fletcher, observer, †
F/Sgt Harold Charles Tuckwell, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. Shaw, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Percy Herbert Beckett, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 11, 1941 at 0252 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1379
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2217LT on May 10 on an operation to Hamburg. While cruising over Germany at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in Tönning. The pilot was killed and five other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Anderson, pilot, †
Sgt Dave W. Fraser,
Sgt Godfrey William Hogg,
Sgt Alex Mcbride Kerr,
Sgt Arthur Bernard Morgan,
Sgt W. J. A. Legg.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.