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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle I in Val-d'Izé: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1944 at 0030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1501
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brize Norton - Brize Norton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Brize Norton on a supply mission to the French Resistance. While cruising by night, the twin engine aircraft was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a RCAF fighter and crashed in an open field. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (296th Squadron):
W/O Bruce Stenning, pilot,
F/Sgt Edwin Raymond Abell,
F/Sgt Alan Francis Elwood,
F/Sgt Charles Alfred Hammond,
F/Sgt Frederick Norman Manton,
F/Sgt Ralph Cowham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RCAF fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle ST.II in Bournemouth

Date & Time: Mar 7, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
V1747
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bournemouth - Bournemouth
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taxiing, the brakes failed. The aircraft veered off taxiway and collided with a transformer. Nobody was hurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Brakes failure.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle ST.II in Châteaudun: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
V1641
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bournemouth - Bournemouth
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left Bournemouth-Hurn at 2112LT on 03MAR1944 on a parachute supply mission to the French Resistance. While approaching Châteaudun by night and at low height, the aircraft was shot down and crashed in a field. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
Flight Officer C. J. Elmer,
Flight Officer J. H. Hood,
Flight Officer T. J. Adamson,
Sergeant E. J. Atkinson,
Sergeant J. Davies.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle I in Bournemouth: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1943 at 1115 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1434
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bournemouth - Bournemouth
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training exercise from/to Bournemouth-Hurn Airport. On final approach, the right engine failed due to a lack of oil pressure. The captain abandoned the approach and started a go around. During the second attempt to land, the aircraft turn onto its back and crashed in a field located short of runway. Three crew members were killed while the fourth occupants was injured.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine caused by the collapsing of the cylinder number 4 due to a piston ring fracture.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle in RAF Hucclecote: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
V1708
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hucclecote - Hucclecote
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a test flight on this second production series. 45 minutes after departure, the crew informed ground about oil pressure problem on the left engine that was feathered. On a single engine approach to RAF Hucclecote, while at a height of 100 feet in marginal weather conditions (rain falls and gusty winds), the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames. All four crew members were killed.
Source: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=141412

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albermale near Yevlakh

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L403
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow – Hajigabul – Tbilisi
MSN:
P1640
YOM:
1943
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On the leg from Hajigabul to Tbilisi of a route proving flight from Moscow-Vnukovo to Tbilisi when the crew decided to land at Yevlakh (Azerbaijan) due to an oil leak on the left engine. But the "Exactor" hydraulic control system of the propellers failed due to a design fault so that propeller pitch increased and the propeller thrust decreased, making it impossible to reach Yevlakh Airfield. The crew made a forced landing near Yevlakh and the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair as the tail broke off. All 4 crew members and 3 passengers were slightly injured.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle II in Fearnan: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 29, 1943 at 1145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1503
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Errol - Errol
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew consisted of three members of the Soviet Air Force and a Czech interpreter. En route, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed north of Fearnan. All four occupants were killed.
Crew (305th FTU):
Maj Aleksandr Gruzdin, pilot,
S/Lt Aleksandr Andrejevich Aleksejev, flight engineer,
S/Lt William Dramin.
Passenger:
Sgt Francis Drahovzal.
Probable cause:
The ballast weights slid forward, causing the aircraft to dive and crash.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle in Sverdlovsk

Date & Time: May 1, 1943
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow – Sverdlovsk – Novosibirsk
MSN:
P1595
YOM:
15
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
27
Circumstances:
Just after liftoff from Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport, while climbing, the left engine failed. The pilot completed an emergency landing in a swampy area near the airport. While all five crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was later struck of charge as no spare parts were available.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine after takeoff.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle I in Shalbourne: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 28, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
P1368
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Boscombe Down on a test flight. En route, the starboard engine failed, forcing the crew to feather the propeller. At an altitude of 500 feet, the crew initiated a right turn when the right wing dropped. The airplane entered a stall and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Walker Caston, pilot,
P/O John Cobean Fisher, navigator,
F/Sgt David Lewis Mullins, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine and subsequent stall while the airplane was close to stall speed.