Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Tripoli: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4840
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
MSN:
9355
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation in the Mediterranean Sea. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tripoli. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Edmund Covell Robinson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Frank Brooks, observer,
Sgt Frank Burrell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Kerkennah Islands: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z9603
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack Italian ships cruising in the Mediterranean Sea. While approaching the Tunisian coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Kerkennah Islands. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Edward Mortimer, pilot,
Sgt Douglas John Reid, observer,
F/O Charles Duncan Owen, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Kerkennah Islands: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7504
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack Italian ships cruising in the Mediterranean Sea. While approaching the Tunisian coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Kerkennah Islands. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Richard Howard Charney, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Porteous, observer,
Sgt Donald Reuben Harris, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Kerkennah Islands

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7357
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack Italian ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Approaching the Kerkennah Islands off Tunisia, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were rescued by a submarine.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Bertram Brandwood, pilot,
Sgt John MILLER, observer,
Sgt Anthony Greville Mee, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Quiberville: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5596
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hampstead Norris - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris on a liaison flight to Luqa, Malta, on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit. Passing over The Channel and while approaching the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Quiberville. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John George Bell,
Sgt Brian Hilton Dennis,
Sgt Denis James Farrell, observer,
Sgt Jack Gill,
Sgt Eric Healy,
Sgt Eric Ditchfield Minshall.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Crotone: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7654
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Luqa Airfield on an operation to Italy. It crashed in unknown circumstances into Crotone harbor. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Harry Wallace, pilot,
Sgt Lewis Desmond Parry, observer,
Sgt John Emrys Jones, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Lampedusa: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5559
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gibraltar - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Then airplane departed Gibraltar on a flight to Luqa with a crew of five on board. While cruising over the Mediterranean Sea, it was shot down by a Cr.42 and crashed into the sea some 15 km south of Lampedusa. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Francis Butler,
Sgt Thomas Preston Butterfield,
Sgt Maurice Henry Cope,
Sgt Donald Robert Arthur Garrick,
Sgt David Dawson Todd.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an Italian fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the Mediterranean Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7682
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Luqa Airport at 1130LT on an anti-shipping operation with a second similar aircraft. It crashed in unclear circumstances into the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald John Scott, pilot,
Sgt Walter Brendan Healy, observer,
Sgt Stuart George Bastin, wireless operator.

Crash of a Martin 167 Maryland in Luqa: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AR739
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On final approach to Luqa Airport, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and a third was seriously injured. The only survivor died the next day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/Lt Paul Raymond Wylde, pilot,
Sgt Richard Saxby Mutimer, observer,
F/Sgt Campbell Clark, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Mediterranean Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9277
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Luqa - Shallufa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a transit mission from Luqa to Shallufa when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Mediterranean Sea. Two crew members drowned and four others were rescued.
Those killed were P/O Leonard Herculese Campbell-Rogers and Sgt Archibald Douglas Cragg.