Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Berner's Heath: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1722
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1820LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Berner's Heath range located east of RAF Mildenhall. The pilot was killed and another crew was injured.
Crew:
P/O J. A. Watson, pilot, †
Sgt J. E. Cox,
Sgt R. S. Andrews,
Sgt Wilson,
P/O R. C. Scarlet,
Sgt R. D. Meek.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Rømø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8946
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in the tidal area south of Rømø Island. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Fisk, †
Sgt Logan Carmon Bentley, wireless operator, †
P/O Frank William Wade, †
Sgt Thomas Clifford Bartle,
P/O Ivan Henry Collett,
P/O John Stephen Walters.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1168
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Hamburg and crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Barney Walker Shelnut,
Sgt Harold Bell,
Sgt Stanley James Geddes Isherwood,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Pyman,
P/O Edward Millen Sangster,
Sgt Harold Arthur Dagwell Stanley.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Erwarton

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 0005 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8792
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1815LT on October 22 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base, just past midnight, it crash landed in Erwarton, west of Felixstowe. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. F. L. Tong,
Sgt S. Pizzie,
Sgt R. Durham,
Sgt M. Harris,
Sgt Frost,
Sgt A. J. Gillespie.

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

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9914
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Werken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Alexander Spark, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Joseph Lawrence Levack, observer,
Sgt James Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt William Reid Steele, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Holtby Tasker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Willich: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5663
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Cologne. While approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Willich, west of Düsseldorf. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Charlwood Barker, pilot, †
P/O Trevor Bernard Robertson, pilot, †
Sgt David Levick Beney, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Dawson Grimes, †
Sgt George Frederick Cole,
Sgt James Blake Stephenson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9916
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Weiden in Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Lionel Roy Wood, pilot,
Sgt John Anthony Matetich, pilot,
F/Sgt Neville Henry Welsh, observer,
Sgt Arthur Service, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Harry Worlledge, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Frederick Barkhouse, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9978
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1835LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Grevenbicht, near the border with Belgium. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Neville John Lewery, pilot,
P/O Keith John Miller, pilot,
Sgt David Walter Jennings, observer,
Sgt Ernest Tastard Christie, wireless operator,
Sgt George William Turner Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Brynmor Samuel Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Dinant: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9981
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
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 Feltwell on an operation to Nuremberg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the vicinity of Dinant. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Paul Burton Chamberlain, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Cecil Holley, pilot,
P/O Joseph Allan Robinson, observer,
Sgt Francis Edward Austin, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond George Butt, wireless operator,
Sgt John Richard Ashley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Marknesse: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1941 at 2148 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1757
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1900LT on an operation to Nurnberg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in Marknesse. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur William Jeffries, pilot, †
P/O Hilyard Lowell Myers, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke, observer, †
Sgt William Christopher Wood, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Harold Stanley Byers, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard Rickard.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.