Bridlington | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1740LT on an operation to Bremen. Believed to have crashed into the sea off Bridlington. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Daniel Joseph Clifford,
F/Sgt Robert Bell Glover,
F/Sgt James Benona Harvey Hill,
Sgt Ronald John Kennedy,
Sgt Robert Charles Mellings,
P/O Astley Cleveland Pickett.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Bridlington

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941 at 0350 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6827

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Flight

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Bombing

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Leeming - Leeming

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2187

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1846LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the sea off Bridlington. All five crew members were rescued within an hour.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Harwood,
P/O M. D. McCarthy,
Sgt G. M. Armstrong,
Sgt R. J. Lewis,
Sgt O. Fitzpatrick.

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

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD907

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Flight

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Bombing

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on August 19 on an operation to Kiel. The following night, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances some six miles east of Bridlington. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Walter Robert Ilsley, pilot,
P/O Richard John Potts, pilot,
Sgt George Dixon Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt Glyn Thomas Shirley, wireless operator.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A near Bridlington

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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4D+KL

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The airplane was engaged in a raid over RAF Driffield. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed near Bridlington. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Ludwig von Lorentz, pilot,
Uffz Heinrich Kenski, observer,
Gfr Johann Göbel, air gunner,
Uffz Heinrich Prumann, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A near Bridlington: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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4D+DR

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The airplane was engaged in a raid over RAF Driffield. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed 4 miles north of Bridlington. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Werner Bachmann, pilot,
Uffz Werner Evers, observer,
Flgr Robert Walther, air gunner,
Fw Georg Henneske, wireless operator. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I Bridlington: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 5, 1940 at 1000 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4357

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Flight

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Training

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an air firing practice exercice on the Skipsea range when it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Bridlington. A crew was killed and two other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. S. Blakeman, pilot,
Sgt J. L. Shardlow, air gunner,
Sgt George Hugh McCrory, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Bridlington: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1938 at 1600 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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K8831

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Flight

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Military

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The crew was flying in formation with other similar aircraft, bound for the RAF Thornaby. The aircraft entered an area of cloud when control was lost. The airplane crashed into the Humber Estuary off Bridlington. All four crew members from the 233th Squadron were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cecil Joseph Le Patrick Gordon, pilot,
AC2 Thomas Charles Andrews,
AC1 Melville George Brand,
AC1 Leslie Freeman.

Crash of a Fairey IIIF off Bridlington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1929

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Fairey III

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The crew departed RAF Skipsea on a local training (bombing) mission. While flying at a height of about 500 feet, the pilot initiated a loop when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in the sea off Bridlington. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Frank Prince,
LAC Edward William Buttenshaw.