Mablethorpe | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1916LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 30 miles off Mablethorpe. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Conrad Charles William,
P/O Peter Vincent Barthel,
Sgt Alfred Thomas Bennett,
Sgt Cyril Edmund Johnson,
Sgt George Cartwright,
Sgt Russell James Gibson Jones,
Sgt Ronald Morley Mules.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Mablethorpe

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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S4+BL

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Approaching the British coast, the bomber was shot down by the British Flak and crash landed on a golf course near Mablethorpe. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Ofw Wilhelm Nass, pilot,
Lt Heinrich Riemann, observer,
Uffz Engelbert Bartels, radio operator,
Uffz Egon Strehle, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the British Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Mablethorpe: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 8, 1941 at 2358 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3062

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2225LT on an operation to Hamburg. Shortly before midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Mablethorpe. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Charles Henry Blatchford,
Sgt Harry Walter Francis,
P/O Frederick Kennett Gill,
P/O Gordon David Gerald Hudson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Mablethorpe: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1941 at 0225 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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M2+EK

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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5201

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While on an operation to Hartlepool, the bomber was shot down by the crew of a Beaufighter and crashed in Mablethorpe. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Uffz Hans Krämer, pilot,
Oblt Werner Pyrkosch, observer,
Fw Paul Barabas, radio operator,
Uffz Heinrich Stinhans, mechanic.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Mablethorpe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1940

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4065

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Flight

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying sortie off Denmark. While returning at night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 12 miles off Mablethorpe. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
Lt Robert James Cosgrove, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Batchelor, navigator,
Cpl James Doran, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon William Everatt, air gunner.