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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9916
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Cologne
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 Feltwell on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Weiden in Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Lionel Roy Wood, pilot,
Sgt John Anthony Matetich, pilot,
F/Sgt Neville Henry Welsh, observer,
Sgt Arthur Service, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Harry Worlledge, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Frederick Barkhouse, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC on Friesenheimer Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Friesenheimer Island
Baden-Württemberg
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 Marham at 2304LT on October 13 on an operation to Munich. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on Friesenheimer Island located north of Mannheim. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Leighton Browne, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Harry Ewart Dearden, pilot,
Sgt Peter William Jarrett, observer,
Sgt Mervyn Stanley Preece, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Frederick Widdecombe, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Parker Stewart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Beeck

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2846
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Beeck
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Oakington at 1838LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Beeck. Five crew members became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
Sgt James Muir Atkinson,
P/O Walter Barrett,
Sgt Robert Littler Betts,
Sgt Leslie Douglas Albert Bolton,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Cage,
Sgt L. Pearman.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Weinheim

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9762
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Weinheim
Baden-Württemberg
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 Stradishall at 1931LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. It crashed in Weinheim and all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Robert Boyd,
W/O Charles Walter Heathman,
Sgt James Arthur Key,
Sgt Charles William George King,
Sgt Robert Mutch,
Sgt Alan Saxton.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE367
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Düsseldorf
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:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby to attack a synthetic rubber plant located in Hüls. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Oberbilk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Marshall Waddell, pilot,
P/O Walter Edmund Hinchliffe, pilot,
Sgt Ronald William Curtis, wireless operator,
Sgt Neil Rolf Lawson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Mannheim

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5552
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg
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 Binbrook on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Mannheim. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Cass,
Sgt Kenneth Allan Cometti,
Sgt Charles Bernard Elsdon,
Sgt Douglas Clair Jackson,
Sgt Clifford Westley Lewis,
Sgt Frederick Gordon Pett.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Lippramsdorf
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:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0010LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Lippramsdorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Arthur Ormond Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richard Martin, observer,
Sgt William Herbert Arthur Everson, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Morris, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Cologne: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8909
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Cologne
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 Feltwell in the evening of October 10 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Colin Maurice Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Raymond Fullerton Curlewis, pilot,
Sgt Allan Clifford Edwards, navigator,
Sgt Fred Garde, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Lea Warburton, wireless operator,
Sgt Timothy Rowley Murphy, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8897
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Glessen
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 Feltwell at 2355LT on October 10 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glessen, west of Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Clive Young, pilot,
Sgt William Edward Hearle, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Ernest Medhurst, observer,
Sgt Josiah George Hanlin, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Thornton Harbottle, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Kelly, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9756
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Wesseling
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 Feltwell at 2359LT on October 10 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Wesseling, south of Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Ronald Backhouse, pilot,
Sgt Donald MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt Henry Toomer Smith, observer,
Sgt Max Emmanuel Gerald Hastings, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Francis Ridout Humphreys, wireless operator,
Sgt George Maher, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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