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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1341
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2120LT on August 12 on an operation to Hannover. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Anderlingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Eric Lewin, pilot,
Sgt G. B. Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Archdale Lennard, observer,
Sgt Hugh Forster Barron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles William Albert Wells, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Ramsay Passmore, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Bruchhausen-Vilsen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0049 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N3659
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Lower Saxony, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harry George Dickson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Knowsley Henson, observer, †
Sgt Robert Bowie Strachan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Guy Trevor Taylor, pilot, †
Sgt John Dennis Jeffrey,
Sgt Victor Neil Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0013 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1024
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2116LT on August 12 on an operation to Hannover. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Sylt Island. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Frederick Hill Beemer, pilot,
Sgt Peter Edward Hay Dangerfield,
Sgt Ernest William Hall,
Sgt Jack Richard Littlefield,
P/O Foster William Jack Scott, observer,
Sgt Charles Frederick Young.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Hücheln: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7448
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0949LT to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hücheln, 11 km west of Cologne. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth James Mackintosh, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Coast, observer,
Sgt Dennis Arthur Wilson, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Cologne: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7451
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0930LT to attack the Quadrath Power Station in Cologne. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Porz, near the airport of Cologne. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Granville James Langston, pilot,
Sgt David John Roberts, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Victor Attew, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Mengersgereuth-Hämmern: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1941 at 1505 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5423
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Mengersgereuth-Hämmern, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Oblt Martin Krause, pilot,
Gefr Herbert Rosenzopf, observer,
UIffz Karl-Wilhelm Hildebrandt, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Latzke, mechanic.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Revensdorf: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3127
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luffenham at 2218LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Revensdorf. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Cecil Nuttall, †
Sgt Leslie Richard Biddlecombe,
P/O John William Whymark Graham,
F/Sgt W. D. Hughes.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941 at 0044 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6815
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2154LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hörnum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Bayley, pilot,
P/O Maurice Littlewood, pilot,
P/O John Emrys Evans, observer,
Sgt Norman Moores, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Thomas Timms, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941 at 0025 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2625
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2226LT on August 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the border between the Netherlands and Germany, it was shot down by a Do.215 and crashed in Boen. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stanisław Cioch, †
Sgt Edward Kozlowski, navigator, †
Cpt Michal Liniewski, †
F/O Jan Leonard Maria Wiszniewski, †
Sgt Zenon Sylwester Baderski,
Sgt Ignacy Gacon.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5721
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2235LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the village of Schermbeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Cairns Anderson, pilot,
P/O Cowen Landreth, pilot,
P/O Alistair Ferguson Bruce, observer,
Sgt Joseph Hagan Bolton, wireless operator,
Sgt William John Culley, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Wilfred Lambert, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.