Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kempen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941 at 2125 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6956
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2248
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1644LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Kempen. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew.
Sgt William Alan Blackburn, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cyril Henry Grace,
F/O Richard John Kimbell,
P/O Charles Walter Murphy,
Sgt Allan Bernard Wiggins.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Kempen: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9255
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Méharicourt - Méharicourt
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Méharicourt on a reconnaissance mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Kempen. A crewman was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt E. E. B. Le Voi, pilot,
Sgt J. C. Sands, pilot,
LAC Ronald D. Davies, wireless operator and air gunner. †