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Crash of a Heinkel He.111 off Grube: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
VG+EF
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
4072
Location:
Grube
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Grube, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Karl Gottschalk, pilot,
Gefr Adolf Rudolf Blaut, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Bartsch, observer,
Oblt Helmut Limpert, observer,
Uffz Willi Pfisterer, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6944
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2236
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 1852LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and that it crashed in the Elbe River near Hamburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Alexander Nigel Atchison,
Sgt Joseph Edwin Horne,
Sgt Stewart Ireland Collister Moulds,
Sgt Cecil Brian McMullan,
Sgt John Roland Maddison Vaisey.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Kiel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9150
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2284
YOM:
1941
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 1805LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. Approaching Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the Old Levensauer Bridge located northwest of Kiel, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Harry Keeling Pedley, pilot,
P/O Edgar Gordon Smith, pilot,
Sgt Harold Walton McColm, observer,
Sgt Ronald William Dunkley, wireless operator,
Sgt John Clifton Hiltz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0101 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5378
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Felm
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 Binbrook at 1910LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. While approaching Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Felm. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George William Bull, pilot,
F/O Maurice Jacoby, pilot,
Sgt James Muir Pattison, pilot,
F/Lt John Outerson William Kenneth Ferris, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Henderson Harrower, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Parkin, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9673
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Seevetal
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 Marham at 1946LT on September 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed some 500 metres south of the Hittfeldt railway station in Seevetal. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Harold Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Duncan John McKenzie, pilot,
Sgt Anthony William Petherick, observer,
Sgt Alfred Richard Cooper, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Lionel Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Jock Gordon Clement Keeble, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Janneby

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
W5445
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Janneby
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Feltwell at 1915LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Janneby. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Dudley Clark,
Sgt William Charles Hayman,
Sgt George Harrison Johnson,
Sgt Albert Arthur Norman,
Sgt George Ernest Sapcote,
Sgt L. Jones.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9126
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2265
YOM:
1941
Location:
Sylt Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Middleton St George at 2139LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. While returning to base the following night, the crew called for help. A bearing taken at the time indicated the Whitley was near Sylt. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Walters Bird,
Sgt Harold Bernard Buttell,
Sgt Ivor McCarthy,
Sgt Roy Russell Vosper,
F/Sgt Belph Ward.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Frankfurt

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9761
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Frankfurt
Hesse
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 Waterbeach at 1914LT on September 28 on an operation to Frankfort. Believed to have crashed while approaching the target area. All six crew members became Pow.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Coleman,
Sgt Harold George Lewis,
Sgt Peter Leslie Trask,
Sgt Hilary Eldred Birk,
Sgt Wallace Harry Dyer,
Sgt John Bartlett Dicks.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Frankfurt

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD733
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Frankfurt
Hesse
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Frankfurt. It is believed that it crashed while approaching the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Charles Philip Darwin,
F/Sgt Frank Robert Hibbert,
F/Lt John Douglas Mundy,
Sgt Andrew Winton.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 in Schleswig: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Registration:
CB+US
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
310039
YOM:
1941
Location:
Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was transferred by the crew when it crashed near Schleswig and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Herbert Schwarz, pilot,
Gefr Waldemar Löscher, mechanic.
Probable cause:
The loss of control was the consequence of an error of manipulation on part of the crew.
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