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Essex

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Saint Osyth

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1940 at 0345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4984
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1706
YOM:
1940
Location:
Saint Osyth
Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The bomber departed RAF Dishforth at 1705LT on November 28 on an operation to Stettin (Szczecin). While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O S. O. Hookway,
Sgt Austin,
Sgt Hughes,
Sgt Carter,
Sgt Brindley.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Saint Osyth

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1940 at 0730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2740
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Saint Osyth
Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2324LT on October 23 on an operation to Emden. The next morning, while trying to make an emergency landing, the airplane crashed in Saint Osyth. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/O D. W. Donaldson,
P/O Woollatt,
P/O Lawson,
Sgt Bell,
Sgt Bullen,
Sgt Lewis.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Saint Osyth

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940 at 0545 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
F6+BM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Brussels - Brussels
MSN:
6034
Location:
Saint Osyth
Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Brussels-Melsbroek Airfield on a reconnaissance mission over England. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed in Saint Osyth, west of Clacton-on-Sea. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Theodor Hermsen, pilot,
Obrfdw Heinz-Eberhard Proelss, observer,
Obrgfr Walter Plock, radio operator,
Flg Ruediger von Hase, flight engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
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