Region
Europe

Crash of a Heinkel He.111B-2 in Parow

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1040
YOM:
1936
Location:
Parow
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew as forced to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed in a field in Parow and was destroyed. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Jakob Frings, pilot,
Gefr Walter Mielke, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Nienborg

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Nienborg
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 Pocklington at 2032LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed 2 km northeast of Nienborg. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Stanley Courtnall,
P/O William Kenneth Mackey,
Sgt Percival Stephenson MacNutt,
Sgt Ronald Perkin,
Sgt John Stewart Saunders,
Sgt Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0047 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6836
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2196
YOM:
1941
Location:
Neuenkirchen
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 2014LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Neuenkirchen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Wood, pilot,
Sgt Henry Anthony Perks, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Hunter Smyth, observer,
Sgt Eric Kenneth Cartledge, wireless operator,
F/O Alan Gerard Inderwick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1784
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Berlin
Berlin
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 RA Stradishall in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks, pilot,
S/L William Davies, pilot,
F/Lt Keith James Falconer, observer,
F/O William Esplen, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Tyne Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Norman Page, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Schellhorn: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1772
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Schellhorn
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2023LT on September 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Schellhorn. The pilot was killed and five other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Rowland Bertram Dunstan Hill, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ernest Mason,
Sgt Thomas Edwin Frank Mutton,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Squire,
Sgt John Atherton Williams,
Sgt Paul Fincham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE299
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Schwedeneck
Schleswig-Holstein
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 2125LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Schwedeneck, north of Kiel. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Cecil Curties, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick Joseph Matkin, observer, †
Sgt John Plant, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Mann, wireless operator. †

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Berlin: 1 killedc

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6947
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2239
YOM:
1941
Location:
Berlin
Berlin
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2017LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Berlin. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Mcintosh Newton, †
Sgt Bernard John Kemp,
Sgt L. E. Proctor,
P/O Francis Richard Wilbraham,
Sgt J. .B Ford.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6744
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2132
YOM:
1941
Location:
Oranienburg
Brandenburg
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 Dishforth at 2009LT on September on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Oranienburg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Patrick Wood, pilot,
Sgt Howard Bevan Clark, pilot,
Sgt Dudley Cecil Bass, observer,
Sgt Jesse Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Shaw Bolton Younger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE318
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
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 Swinderby on September 7 on an operation to Kiel and crashed for unknown reasons near Oldenburg. All four crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Denis Good,
Sgt Douglas Frederick Endsor,
Sgt R. Williamson,
Sgt I. H. McDonald.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE236
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Dänischenhagen
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 Scampton in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Dänischenhagen, north of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John William Thomas Bromham, pilot,
Sgt Eric Victor Durham, pilot,
Sgt Patrick James Duffy, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Kettlewell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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