Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Peasenhall

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1941 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1159
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1930LT on March 18 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to haze. While trying to land in a field near Peasenhall, the airplane collided with trees and crashed. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. Hall,
Sgt German,
P/O K. E. Platt,
Sgt Anderson,
Sgt Baton,
Sgt Seymour.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Mildenhall: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1941 at 0610 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1474
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 0122LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, on final approach, it was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed onto a house located in Beck Row, near the airfield. All six crew members were killed while both occupants in the house, Mr. & Mrs. Titmarsh, were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Warren, pilot,
Sgt Evan Roy Cooke, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Lown, observer,
Sgt Harold Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt William James Greaves, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas John Capel, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941 at 2234 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7858
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1940LT on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. While flying over the Netherlands at night, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field in Sevenum. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
Sgt Leslie Richard Hawley, pilot,
Sgt Charles Barrie Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Edward Guy Prettyman, observer,
Sgt William George Marett, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest White, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Godfrey Harry Ward, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1045
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1825LT on February 21 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ian Stuart Henderson,
Sgt William Pryce Jinks,
Sgt Fred May,
Sgt James Stewart,
Sgt William Holland MacLeod,
Sgt James Patrick Redmond.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Digby

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9247
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1820LT on February 11 on an operation to Hanover. On return, while flying above cloud, the crew observer Very lights which were being fired from Waddington. While attempting to get below the cloud baser, the airplane crashed at 0130LT near Digby Airfield. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Fergus Francis Early, pilot, †
Sgt R. Warren,
Sgt Archer,
Sgt H. Chapman,
Sgt Cook,
Sgt MacDonald.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Conksbury

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7811
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Midlenhall at 1811LT on February 11 to attack the Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned over Derbyshire. All six crew members were found alive, among them one was injured. The airplane crashed in Conksbury and was destroyed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
Sgt H. G. Turner, pilot,
Sgt B. F. Campbell,
Sgt J. B. McKnight,
Sgt H. G. Pates,
Sgt D. Piper,
Sgt G. Rae.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Venice

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2807
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2130LT on an operation to Italy. It crashed in unknown circumstances off Venice. All six crew members were rescued and becake PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Arthur Hodgson,
P/O Leslie Kenneth Sloan Wilson,
Sgt Leslie W. Hatherly,
Sgt E. E. Harding,
Sgt J. McAnally,
Sgt C. F. Pummery.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Goudswaard

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1940 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3211
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of December 29 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Goudswaard. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Douglas Newman,
P/O Robert Garth Stark,
Sgt Jack Middleton Garrett,
Sgt Sidney Laurence Spittle,
Sgt Manville Charles Fenn,
Sgt David Garrick Branscombe Protheroe.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Thérouldeville: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2474
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Thérouldeville. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt E. R. Chuter,
Sgt R. Falcon-Scott,
Sgt H. M. English,
Sgt A. Donaldson,
Sgt E. Willis,
Sgt Alfred Henry Ritchie, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Mildenhall

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940 at 0022 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9268
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1700LT on December 16 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base shortly after midnight, it overshot and came to rest in the bomb-dump. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all six crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt E. White,
Sgt J. S. Marr,
Sgt G. J. P. Morhen,
Sgt E. G. Prettyman,
Sgt W. G. Marett,
Sgt C. G. Ward.