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Norfolk

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Cromer

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5710
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Cromer
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2005LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in the area of Cromer. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
S/L J. H. Sindall,
F/Sgt H. Johnson,
P/O J. A. P. Drummond,
P/O T. R. R. Wood,
Sgt Brooks,
Sgt Hart.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Arzfeld: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5457
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Arzfeld
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2343LT on August 18 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Arzfeld. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Smith McKinnell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Adrian John Condon,
Sgt Henry George Huckle,
Sgt Adam Learmonth,
Sgt Roy Kenneth Pridham,
Sgt Leslie Stephens.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Medemblik: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0206 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Medemblik
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2348LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer some 15 km off Medemblik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Gerald Boswell, pilot,
Sgt Lothian Julyan George,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Maguire,
P/O Ewart Duncan Pockney, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Shearing,
Sgt Alexander Macgregor Wilson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Obernheide: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1008
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Obernheide
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2216LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing south of Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Obernheide. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Page Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Keith Ernest Smith, pilot,
P/O Ernest Wakefield, observer,
Sgt Alfred Ronald Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles James Matthews, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Keith Francis Lewis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ferques: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9753
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Ferques
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2118LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over France, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Ferques. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Ian Pryce Anderson, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Charles Cottingham, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon Alexander Munro, air bomber, †
Sgt Peter Prosser, wireless operator, †
P/O Winston Claude Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt R. Barnard.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1500
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2110LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Henry Allan,
Sgt Cecil George Alway, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Arthur Clabburn-Detrez,
Sgt Ronald Walter Duke, air gunner,
Sgt James Gibson Park,
Sgt Ronald William John Smalldon.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rübke: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0252 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8835
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Rübke
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2127LT on August 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rübke, some 5 km southwest of Finkenwerder Airport. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Trevor Wallace, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Keighley, pilot,
Sgt John Porthouse, observer,
Sgt Richard George Fane Aldersley, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur William Morgan, wireless operator,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Nolan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Coltishall: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2563
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Coltishall AFB
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2134LT on August 12 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was attacked by the crew of a JU.88 and severely damaged. Nevertheless, the crew was able to divert to RAF Coltishall where he attempted an emergency landing. The pilot missed the airfield and the airplane landed half way down the runway then crashed into a barn, bursting into flames. A crew was killed and five others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard George Evans, air gunner, †
P/O Wood,
P/O A. J. A. Day,
Sgt S. W. Morton,
Sgt R. A. Hodges,
Sgt C. D. Tavener.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Glabbeek

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1471
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Glabbeek
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2247LT on August 5 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glabbeek. All six crew members were injured, some seriously, and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Arthur Boutle,
Sgt Richard Hanmer Hilton-Jones,
Sgt Edward Frank Lambert,
Sgt Alexander Scott Lawson,
F/Lt Frederick Lome Litchfield,
Sgt James Ian Bradley Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Stuhr: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8781
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Stuhr
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2254LT on August 3 on an operation to Hannover. Approaching Bremen, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Stuhr, less than 5 km southwest from Bremen Airport. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Craighton Dodd, pilot, †
W/Cdr John Lionel Howe Fletcher, pilot, †
F/Sgt Terence Alfred Evelyn Bridewell, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Frank Grail, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert James Alexander,
Sgt Eric Stanley Spong.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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