Crash of a Douglas A-20A Havoc I in Market Deeping: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
BD120
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wittering - Wittering
Location:
Market Deeping
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wittering on a local training exercise. En route, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Market Deeping, about 13 km northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Leslie Sudders, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Fradley, observer,
Sgt Eric Welch, wireless operator.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Market Deeping

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941 at 0513 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6761
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2149
YOM:
1941
Location:
Market Deeping
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1839LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and crash landed in Market Deeping, north of Peterborough. All five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Stell,
Sgt J. M. M. Wilson,
Sgt D. C. Wilson,
Sgt C. Miller,
Sgt O. T. McIlquham.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
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