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

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1015
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Andervenne
Lower Saxony
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 East Wretham at 1955LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Andervenne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Zdenek Babicek,
Sgt Alois Jarnot,
Sgt Jan Miklosek,
F/O Mojmir Sedlacek,
Sgt Vilem Soukup,
P/O Antonin Zimmer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Andervenne: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9500
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Andervenne
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2206LT on August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Andervenne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Gerard Garner, pilot,
P/O Ronald Lisle, pilot,
Sgt Howard Torrens McQuigg, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Randolph Sewell, observer,
F/Sgt John Alfred Arthur Cox, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Johnston Rogers, wireless operator,
Sgt Wallace Llewellyn Berry, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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