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Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III off Dover: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
W8387
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1209LT on an operation to Boulogne. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and the crew decided to return to base. Approaching the British coast, the airplane was ditched in The Channel off Dover. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued by a Royal Navy vessel.
Crew:
P/O Harry Neal, †
Cpl Donald Parr Thwaite, †
Sgt S. R. G. Adams,
Sgt P. Brady.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Dover: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
T4160
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1853
YOM:
1940
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1732LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched in The Channel off Dover. By an awful misfortune of chance, the dinghy only partially inflated and then drifted away. Meanwhile, a lifeboat had set out to search for survivors and this vessel came across the pilot, still alive, and took him to safety. Tragically, no other survivors could be found.
Crew:
Sgt Franck Albert Parton, †
Sgt Frederick Leslie Moore, †
Sgt John Gray, †
Sgt Vincent Gerald Sullivan, †
P/O D R Bagnall.
Probable cause:
Aircraft ditched due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Fairey IIIC in Dover: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-EAMY
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
F.246
YOM:
1919
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The arew was performing a flight from England to Sweden where the aircraft should be delivered to a local operator. Shortly after takeoff from Dover, Kent, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field, killing both occupants. The aircraft was owned by the British Aviator Lt Col G. L. P. Henderson who was not on board. He died in another accident on 21JUL1930 in Meopham.