Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Eckernförde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1942 at 2351 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3282
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Eckernförde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Massy Parnham, pilot,
Sgt John Lukies Brown, pilot,
Sgt Robert McGibbon, navigator,
Sgt Campbell Ewen Justin Aitcheson, wireless operator,
Sgt Murray Alaxander McDonald, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Henry Godfrey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Essen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1942 at 1300 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AT192
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wigsley at 1917LT on March 10 on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed or to have crashed in the target area or somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Orrel Gandy, pilot,
P/O Lewis Alfred Wright, navigator,
Sgt Eric Maynard Jennings, wireless operator,
Sgt Gardfield Lloyd Skinner, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Nütterden: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1942 at 2342 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6126
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2000LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Nütterden. Seven crew members were killed and an eighth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Lloyd Wilson Bailey, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Wilson Hunt, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Jordan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Gvvyn Russell Williams, observer, †
Sgt Terence Joseph Sherriff, wireless operator, †
Sgt Shuthi Napoleon, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gwyn Barrington Daines, air gunner, †
Sgt D. H. Munro, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hoerstgen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
AT174
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1913LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hoerstgen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Henry Thomson Andrews, pilot,
P/O James Bernard Dunne, observer,
Sgt Sydney Trevor Drew, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Alexander Gauld, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Gescher: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV447
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0020LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Gescher. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Paul Vipond Nicholls, pilot,
P/O George Wilkinson, copilot,
P/O Oswald William Suckling, observer,
Sgt Peter Henry Crabb, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Oliver Forrester, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Daniel Driscoll, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Berlin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin - Berlin
MSN:
419
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Berlin-Schönefeld Airport while performing a local training exercise. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Friedrich Bardischewski, pilot,
Gefr Ulrich Witte, radio operator,
Gefr Nikolai Birkenhold, radio operator,
Gefr Rudolf-Kurt Büttner, radio operator.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Sprakel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1942 at 2050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Münster - Münster
MSN:
3248
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Münster-Handorf Airport on a local training exercise. For unknown reasons, it went out of control and crashed in Sprakel, about 9 km northwest of the airfield. Two crew members were injured and a third was killed.
Crew:
Lt Günther Venske, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Kellermann, radio operator,
Fw Johannes Erwin, air gunner. †

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Sprendlingen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3748
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Germany. It is believed that it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sprendlingen. Both pilots were killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Eric Knobloch, pilot, †
F/Sgt Harvey William Lundy, pilot, †
Sgt Ray Arthur Flood,
Sgt George Henry Lloyd,
Sgt Edward Gibson Ratcliffe,
Sgt R. O. Thomas.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Langeoog: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942 at 2237 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6943
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2235
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Langeoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Waddy Blackmore,
F/Lt Donald Atherton Irving,
Sgt John Lewis Stanley Price,
Sgt Peter William Lindsey Strachan,
Sgt Donald Unsworth.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Holtgast: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942 at 2138 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9148
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2282
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holtgast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Robert Harrington, pilot,
P/O Morris Donald Darwin McCarthy, pilot,
F/Sgt Bert Gordon Hibell, observer,
F/Sgt John Meredith Farley Shilan, wireless operator,
Sgt Roland Wilfred Lancaster, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.