Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P4974
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1701
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1842LT on February 11 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Drem but encountered poor weather conditions. While over North of England, the airplane ran out fuel and was abandoned by the crew. All five crew members were uninjured and the airplane continued until it probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt I. H. Fenton,
Sgt Clark,
P/O J. Carter,
Sgt J. R. Wanbon,
Sgt J. P. S. Henderson.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2610
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newton at 1847LT on February 19 on an operation to Hanover. It suffered a loss of engine power and crashed in the North Sea. All six crew members were injured and rescued two days later by SS Tovelil.
Crew:
Sgt W. R. Crich,
Sgt G. A. Farley,
Sgt L. F. Waern,
Sgt R. Layfield,
Sgt N. Cameron,
Sgt G. G. Chadd.
Probable cause:
Loss of engine power.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N7358
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
414-1754
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a maritime patrol flight, the twin engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Percy Rae Lanchbery, pilot,
Sgt Christopher Brown Thomson,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Perry,
Sgt Horace Mitchell.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941 at 2221 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2519
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1750LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. The crew reported technical problems then the airplane was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Antonin Kubiznak,
P/O Josef Hudec,
Sgt Bohumil Baumbruk,
P/O Jindrich Leskauer,
Sgt Rudolf Bolfik,
P/O Jaromir Oldrich Kral.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941 at 2115 LT
Operator:
Registration:
T4220
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1893
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1832LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Henry Beaucourt Skyrme,
Sgt John Eustache Rowlett,
Sgt George Charles Sandland,
Sgt Eric Downing Polkinghorne,
Sgt Leonard Peter Brookman.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD731
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0250LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 80 miles east-northeast of Great Yarmouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Joseph Strong,
Sgt David Vaughan House,
Sgt Arthur George Stafford White,
Sgt David Brand.

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

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2912
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1756LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances, probably somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was ever found. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Arthur Edwin Jones,
Sgt Eric Gilbert Robertson,
Sgt James Henry Lee,
Sgt Henry Frederick Lander,
Sgt Dudley Roy Cluett Cannell,
Sgt Ernest Frederick Todd.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W6489
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
9494
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was on mine laying operation when it crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Rowland Fishwick,
Sgt David Stewart Craik,
Sgt Thomas Wareing,
Sgt Alfred Thomas Smith.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2163
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1450LT on an operation to Amsterdam. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Alfred Harmon Poulsen,
Sgt James Burton,
Sgt Harold Summers.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1941 at 2228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R4+CL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0227
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Otto Kräher, pilot,
Uffz Martin Stachowski, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Diwok, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.