Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Langeoog: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942 at 2237 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6943
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2235
YOM:
1941
Location:
Langeoog
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Langeoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Waddy Blackmore,
F/Lt Donald Atherton Irving,
Sgt John Lewis Stanley Price,
Sgt Peter William Lindsey Strachan,
Sgt Donald Unsworth.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.116V2 in Langeoog: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.116
Operator:
Registration:
D-ATIO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
546
Location:
Langeoog
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances on Langeoog Island, killing all three crew members who were completing a test flight.
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