Crash of an Avro 652 Anson T.20 in RAF Newton: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1953
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
VS507
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Newton AFB
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Newton. On final approach, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and sighted the runway after passing the last cloud layer at a height of 200 feet. Due to few patches of fog, he lost the runway and decided to make a go around. The aircraft slightly climbed then stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. Six crew members were killed while a seventh was seriously injured. It was reported that the total weight of the aircraft was above the max landing weight, which was considered as a contributory factor.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Edale

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
N9853
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Newton – Millom
Location:
Edale
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training mission from RAF Newton to RAF Millom. While cruising in cloudy conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Edale Moor located in the Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve, northwest of Edale. All five occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (16th FTS):
F/Lt A. Chelstowski, pilot,
F/Sgt S. Pasinski, wireless operator.
Passengers:
F/Lt A. Mecinski,
F/Lt Witold Suida,
F/O Jan Kilmczak.
Source & photos:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictn9853.htm

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Newton

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
P1087
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
MSN:
PAC.18
YOM:
1940
Location:
Newton AFB
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Newton. While landing alongside with a Fairey Battle, a wing impacted the runway surface and the airplane crash landed. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
F/O L. Kulakowski, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941 at 0400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1644
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Grubbenvorst
Limburg
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 Newton at 2305LT on June 26 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grubbenvorst, on the west bank of the River Maas. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Winston Sievers, pilot,
P/O Christopher Reginald Herbert, pilot,
P/O Alan George St. John Ross, observer,
Sgt Hector George Burgess, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William John Grieve, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Joseph Hart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hamont-Achel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1941 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2849
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Hamont-Achel
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newton at 2300LT on June 16 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamont-Achel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Dermot Daly Aloysius Kelly, pilot,
Sgt John Douglas MacVicar, pilot,
F/Sgt Stephanus Francois Marais, observer,
Sgt Leonard Beaumont, wireless operator,
Sgt George Houghton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Connell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0037 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2996
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Zwaagdijk
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 Newton at 2300LT on June 12 on an operation to Osnabrück. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Zwaagdijk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert George Burbridge,
F/O Robert Stanley Chisholm,
F/Sgt Alan Greensides,
P/O Arthur Vernon John Hardcastle,
F/O William Clifford Taffender,
F/Sgt John Knox Emslie Horniman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Halstead: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1941 at 0445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1044
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Halstead
Leicestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newton at 0145LT on an operation to Boulogne. While returning to base the following night, it encountered foggy conditions when it impacted the slope of a hill located in Colborough Hill, near Halstead. A crew was injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Vernon Edward Pereira, pilot, †
Sgt Vernon Douglas Huggett, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Jarvis, observer, †
F/Sgt Ernest Burton Wilcox, wireless operator, †
Sgt Michael Edward Gardiner, air gunner, †
Sgt Edmunds.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Oude Pekela: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1941 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1494
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Oude Pekela
Groningen
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newton in the evening of May 15 on an operation to Hanover. While flying over the Netherlands, the left engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Oude Pekela. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Gordon Eccles, pilot, †
Sgt Gordon MacLean, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edwin Currie Easton,
Sgt Sydney Eric Thomas Hamblin,
P/O Harry John Sellers,
P/O Archibald William Sulston.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: May 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1435
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
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 Newton at 2225LT on May 10 on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Victor Gundred Distin Spiller, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey William Rowe, pilot,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Kingsley Trewhella, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alan Edward Vickers, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Borden Peterson, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Nantes: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1374
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Nantes
Loire-Atlantique
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newton at 2230LT on May 7 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. It crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Nantes. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Frederick Henry Savage, pilot,
Sgt John Michael Fulford, pilot,
Sgt Wray William Heywood, observer,
Sgt Peter Verrall Read, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Frank Harris, wireless operator,
Sgt John Lewis Hart, air gunner.
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