Worthing | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

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

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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.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 21, 1934

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De Havilland DH.60 Moth

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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.