Zone
Caithness

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Helleland: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7801
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skitten - Skitten
Location:
Helleland
Rogaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Skitten to attack a water production plant located in Vemork, Norway. En route, the aircraft went out of control and crashed, killing all seven crew members.
Probable cause:
The accident may have been caused by icing.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA at RAF Skitten

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
V9110
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Wick - Skitten
MSN:
414-3735
YOM:
1941
Location:
Skitten AFB
Caithness
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Wick on a training mission to RAF Skitten. While performing a single engine approach, the crew inadvertently feathered the wrong propeller, causing the airplane to stall and to crash one mile short of runway. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
S/L Hugh Anthony Shipley Disney, pilot,
Cpl Duffy, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Wrong propeller feathered while on a single engine approach.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Castletown: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9394
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skitten - Skitten
Location:
Castletown
Caithness
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local test flight out from RAF Skitten when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Castletown, about 16 km northwest of the airbase. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Edward Dale, pilot,
Cpl Leslie White McKinlay, observer,
Sgt Edward Glenelg Allen, wireless operator.
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