Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Rostock: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942 at 0156 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8600
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2226LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rostock. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Davison, pilot, †
P/O Victor Emanuel George Goss, observer, †
Sgt Geoffrey Frederick Dunks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric Hollows, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Anthony Upham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Rostock: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942 at 0121 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7674
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2200LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Rostock, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Neil Drummond Guthrie, pilot,
Sgt Alec Ernest Towler, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Harry Le Vack, observer,
Sgt Donald Alexander Clephane, wireless operator,
F/O Francis Montagu Davis, wireless operator,
P/O Douglas Walter Hales, air gunner,
Sgt Matthew George Killingbeck, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Rostock: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Rostock. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Graham Cox Campbell, pilot,
F/Sgt Reginald Bruce Peterson, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Robert Parry, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Howard Soper, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Rostock: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3369
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2229LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rostock. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Livingstone Hopkins Elliott, pilot,
F/O Henry John Bullock, observer,
Sgt James Douglas Cameron, wireless operator,
F/O Leonard Manley Blain, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Reid Waterston, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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