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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Borkum Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1942 at 2215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV423
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Borkum Island
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1741LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Borkum Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Jan Zajac, pilot,
Sgt Stanisław Garstka, pilot,
P/O Jozef Maczynski, navigator,
Sgt Rajmund Antoni Pokrzywa, wireless operator,
Sgt Jacek Strzyzewski, wireless operator,
F/O Tadeusz Jozef Klewicz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Campen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1942 at 2138 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE133
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Campen
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1700LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the village of Campen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Martin Cargill Fletcher, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Armstrong Fox, observer, †
Sgt Harold Royston Holme, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Yasuyi Sekine, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wangerooge Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1942 at 2058 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE286
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Wangerooge Island
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1637LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the Wangerooge Island, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Findlay Priest, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Louden Henderson, observer,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Glanville, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Alexander Churcher, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Barth: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1942 at 2040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4600
Location:
Barth
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances 8 km northeast of Barth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Ofw Herbert Walter Hering, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Wunder, radio operator,
Gefr Adolf Fechner, mechanic,
Gefr Hans-Georg Stock, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Engerhafe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 2012 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5561
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Engerhafe
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1705LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Engerhafe, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Edwin John Williams, pilot,
Sgt Donald Kenneth Gordon, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Cecil Donkin, observer,
Sgt Ronald James, wireless operator,
Sgt Willis Langhorne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Raymond Frederick Bourgeau, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kempen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941 at 2125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6956
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2248
YOM:
1941
Location:
Kempen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1644LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Kempen. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew.
Sgt William Alan Blackburn, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cyril Henry Grace,
F/O Richard John Kimbell,
P/O Charles Walter Murphy,
Sgt Allan Bernard Wiggins.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941 at 2045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9226
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2331
YOM:
1941
Location:
Viersen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1652LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Viersen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Norman Chisholm, pilot,
P/O Anthony David Scott-Martin, pilot,
Sgt Philip George Clark, observer,
W/O William Jowett, wireless operator,
Sgt Samuel George Thompson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941 at 2015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1115
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Wegberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1700LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wegberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt James Deane Anderson, pilot,
P/O Gerald Kurt Kenneth Keston Pelmore, pilot,
Sgt Owen Ernest Rance, observer,
Sgt Stanley Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Cedric Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt David Smith Edmond, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9210
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2315
YOM:
1941
Location:
Moers
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1657LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Moers, some 25 km north of Düsseldorf. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Randal Archibald Scott, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Ernest Stewart, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick James Goat, observer,
Sgt Eric Sydney Briggs, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Irwin Rhodes, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 in Velen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
V4+??
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Münster
MSN:
2735
Location:
Velen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a transit flight to Münster-Handorf Airport, the crew encountered icing conditions when the airplane went out of control and crashed in Velen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Günter Vahl, pilot,
Uffz Günter Öchsle, bomb aimer,
Gefr Karl-Heinz Rossick, radio operator,
Gefr Fritz Neu, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Icing.
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