Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6874
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2215
YOM:
1941
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1737LT on an operation to Frankfurt. For unknown reasons, it crashed near Pihen-lès-Guînes. A crew was killed, three became PoW and a fifth evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Clarence Edmund Wheeler, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Perrin Magwood,
Sgt Douglas George Pinney,
Sgt George Millane Porrett,
Sgt H. R. Wilson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Pihen-lès-Guînes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1941 at 0411 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5729
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0005LT on an operation to Cologne, fourteen minutes late due to problems with the rear turret. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Pihen-lès-Guînes. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Thomas Martland Ainscough, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley Cyril Retter, pilot, †
Sgt James Edward Drew, observer, †
Sgt Wilfred John Tidey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Burton Greig,
Sgt James Pryde.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD899
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying operation when it crashed in unknown circumstances near Pihen-lès-Guînes. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph George Curley, pilot,
P/O Edward Townley Laverack, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ashurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Stevenson Campbell, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
L7810
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
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 Marham at 1943LT on an operation to Boulogne. In unknown circumstances, it went out of control and crashed in a field located some 10 km southwest of Calais. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (115th Squadron):
P/O Kenneth Norman Arthurs, pilot,
Sgt Malcolm Francis Lloyd, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Edgar Donehue, observer,
Sgt Stanley Charlton, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Law, wireless operator,
Sgt John Henry Scott Jacobs, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1896
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton on the evening of October 2 on an operation over Northern France. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pihen-lès-Guînes, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Lord, pilot,
Sgt Frank Vyvyan Bundock, observer,
Sgt Hugh Dunbar, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3775
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack aerodromes. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pihen-lès-Guînes, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Raymond Storrow, pilot,
Sgt Louis Charles Cooke, observer,
Sgt Arthur James Underwood, wireless operator and air gunner.
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