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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 off Hartlepool: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+EH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1612
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Approaching the coast of County Durham, the bomber was shot down by the British Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Friedrich Pott, pilot,
Lt Dieter Andresen, observer,
Uffz Josef Scholze, radio operator,
Fw Franz Gruschka, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Hartlepool: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+KH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
0694
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Approaching the English coast, the bomber was shot down by a Spitfire. Both engines caught fire and the airplane crashed into the sea some 50 km northwest of Hartlepool. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Bruno Schlau, pilot,
Obfhr Dieter Kutz, observer,
Uffz Karl Wilhelm, radio operator,
Ogefr Fritz Hölzgen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Hartlepool: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1940 at 1735 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P5135
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thornaby - Thornaby
MSN:
414-1824
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight along the east coast of England when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Hartlepool. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (220th Squadron):
F/O David Lingwood, pilot,
F/O Royffe Digby Masters, navigator,
Sgt Derek Vernon Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Edward James Pritchard, air gunner.