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

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941 at 1555 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5438
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1138LT on an operation to Brest. While flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet northeast of the city, it was attacked by at least four fighters and crashed. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Charles Broadhurst,
F/Sgt William Edwin Chappell,
P/O Maurice Sydney Nichols,
F/Sgt John Reginald Powell,
Sgt Peter Douglas Simpson,
Sgt Arthur Gordon Tatham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German fighters.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5537
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1153LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Colvin Crump,
Sgt John Albert Fawkes,
Sgt Julian Lee Byron Martin,
Sgt Anthony George Lendrum Mitchell,
Sgt Cyril Tatton,
P/O Ronald Victor Trueman.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5380
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and probably crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alan William Felton,
Sgt Robert Kenneth Godfrey,
F/Sgt Frederick James Hardiman,
F/Sgt Harold Heald,
Sgt John Raymond Mason,
F/Sgt Chris Redvers Preece.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Avereest

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5534
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2230LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Avereest. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Derek Bert Thrower, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Moy Morgan, pilot,
Sgt Victor Rodney Jacob Slaughter, navigator,
Sgt Eric Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt William James Dossetter, air gunner,
Sgt James Norville William Kirk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Pocklington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0406 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5490
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2240LT on July 6 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning with one engine out, the airplane crashed on approach. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Ronald John Fraas, pilot, †
F/Sgt Albert Luckhurst, air gunner, †
P/O W. L. S. O'Brien,
Sgt M. G. A. McKernan,
Sgt T. Brown,
Sgt T. J. Doyle.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5360
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2325LT on July 6 on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Guilers, northwest of Brest. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Andrew George Gordon Baird, pilot,
Sgt Charles Hepburn Robson, pilot,
F/O William Francis Ward, observer,
Sgt Thomas Oakley Burgess, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Kenneth Charles Amy, air gunner,
F/O Stanley Page Watkins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5419
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2235LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Bethune Baxter,
F/Sgt Bryan Crocker, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Ivan Ferebee,
P/O Peter Donald Macalister,
F/Sgt Glyn Davies Mansel,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Porter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5456
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2245LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Angus Bruce Baird,
Sgt Samuel Edward Bird,
F/Sgt Joseph Nowill Lister,
Sgt Archibald Sinclair Rowan,
P/O Joseph Henry Walls.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5459
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2314LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Altenwerder, southwest of Hamburg, All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Alexander James Bailey, pilot,
P/O George Walter Tetlow, pilot,
P/O John Henry Purser, observer,
Sgt Frederick Robert Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Elton Talbot Panes, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond Marshall Gray, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1941 at 0312 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5522
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2303LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea, probably between the Dutch coast and the Ordford Ness. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jeffcote Louvain Angell,
F/Sgt Lewis Victor Goode,
Sgt Sidney Norman Harvey,
Sgt William Florence MacGregor,
Sgt Robert Tuck Martin,
P/O Geoffrey Hiram Standeford Pullen.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.