Worthing | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane was approaching Worthing from the southeast at an altitude of 100 feet when it was shot down by antiaircraft fire. It went out of control and crashed onto a house. All five crew members as well as three people in the house were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Horst Grosse-Heitmeyer, pilot,
Gefr Günter Grüssner, observer,
Ogefr Joachim Richter, radio operator,
Uffz Albin Kielmann, flight engineer,
Ogefr Ferdinand Dolezal, air gunner.
People on ground:
Sgt Charlie Cronin,
John MacDonald,
Frank Johnson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by antiaircraft fire.

Crash of a Douglas A-20A Havoc I off Worthing: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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BD124

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Flight

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Test

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Ford - Ford

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The crew were conducting a night test flight out from RAF Ford when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Worthing. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Norman Cox, pilot,
F/Sgt Drummond Chapman,
F/Sgt Douglas John Parr,
Sgt John Raymond Sullivan.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-2 near Worthing: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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1G+HM

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The bomber was shot down by a British fighter and crashed 8 km south of Worthing. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW after he bailed out.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Ballauf, pilot,
Fw Franz Foerster, bomb aimer, †
Uffz Rolf Averberg, radio operator, †
Fw Heinrich Platt, mechanic. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-4 off Worthing: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941 at 0037 LT

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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G1+HK

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Dreux - Dreux

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2976

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The airplane departed Dreux on an operation to England. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Beaufighter and crashed into the sea off Worthing. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw H. K. Schwiering, pilot,
Fw W. Ehrlich, observer,
Fw W. Letzius, radio operator,
Fw E. Nottmeier, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth in Worthing

Date & Time: May 21, 1934

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller

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G-ABJL

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Hanworth - Hanworth

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1837

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1931

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The pilot departed Hanworth on a solo flight. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field in Findon, near Worthing, bursting into flames. The pilot was badly injured and the aircraft was destroyed.