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Europe

Crash of a Dornier DO.242T-1 off Warnemünde

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
KK+UU
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
016
YOM:
1937
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered a technical failure upon takeoff and crashed into the sea some 5 km north of Warnemünde. There were no casualties among the crew.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Selsingen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE136
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Selsingen
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg and later crashed in Selsingen, between Bremen and Hamburg. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Michael Wood, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas John Carmichael, observer, †
Sgt Robert Alfred Gladen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric Haste, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kiel: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941 at 0551 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE256
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak, entered a dive and crashed on a searchlight battery. All four crew members as well as four German soldiers on ground were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Cubitt Blamey, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Tyrrell Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Barton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Conyers Wright, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Bruchsal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1218
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Bruchsal
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1845LT on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bruchsal. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis Albert Titicomb, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Albert George Ragg, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Ronald Roderick Walker, wireless operator, †
Sgt Randal Manliff Gifford.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2967
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Rambach
Hesse
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 Snaith at 1815LT on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Rambach, in the suburb of Wiesbaden. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Phillip Peter Francis Du Pre, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Leslie Bradshaw, pilot,
P/O Gordon Campbell O'Neill, observer,
Sgt Henry Ivison Shipley Aarmes, wireless operator,
Sgt Keith Carter, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Lewis Hunt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Bremen

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1217
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Bremen
Bremen
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Mieczysław Karol Borodej,
F/Sgt Ludwik Tadeusz Cieslak,
Sgt Andrzej Wlodzimierz Kleeberg,
Sgt Antoni Mlodzik,
Sgt Antoni Stalewski,
F/O V. Riedl.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2852
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 1812LT on an operation to Emden. It crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Heligoland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Adam Edward Gisman,
Sgt Mikolaj Zykow,
P/O S. J. Borzecki,
Sgt H. Plis,
Sgt R. Klimiuk,
Sgt W. Adamik.

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

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD984
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Borby
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Coningsby at 1830LT on October 20 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Borby, north of Eckernförde. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Lawson Lockwood, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Fraser Williams, observer,
Sgt William Alton, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Gronwy Jones, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8862
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Kirchhellen
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 Alconbury at 0106LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Kirchhellen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Gresham Kirby-Green, pilot,
Sgt John Alan Lamb, pilot,
Sgt John Allen Jacques, observer,
Sgt Alfred Henry Harman, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Leo Hennigan, wireless operator,
F/O Peter Clifford Campbell-Martin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Willich: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5663
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Willich
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Cologne. While approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Willich, west of Düsseldorf. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Charlwood Barker, pilot, †
P/O Trevor Bernard Robertson, pilot, †
Sgt David Levick Beney, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Dawson Grimes, †
Sgt George Frederick Cole,
Sgt James Blake Stephenson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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