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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I Off Pellworm Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6015
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Pellworm Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2320LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Pellworm Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Michael Metaxa, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Ridge Batchellor,
Sgt Douglas George Brown,
Sgt Sidney Timothy O'Mara,
P/O Richard Christopher Sykes Renshaw,
Sgt John Kenneth Woodhams, wireless operator,
Sgt William Patrick Grant, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3133
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Haseldorf
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 Lindholme at 2235LT on June 29 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Haseldorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Douglas Hughes, pilot,
Sgt Charles Townsend Chipperfield, pilot,
Sgt Albert Patrick Drane, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Wells, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1509
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Deinstedt
Lower Saxony
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 2306LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Deinstedt. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW. The air gunner died the following day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt James Vivian Gill, air gunner, †
Sgt Frank Leonard Davidson,
Sgt Edward Alfred Gibbs,
P/O Wilfred Hetherington,
P/O Sydney William Wild,
P/O Allan Frank McSweyn.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Ellerbek: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6016
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Ellerbek
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed in Ellerbek, northwest of Hamburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Cecil Smith, pilot, †
F/Sgt Richard Smith Storie, air gunner, †
Sgt L. B. McCarthy,
Sgt D. B. Annesley,
Sgt T. S. Thorkilsen,
Sgt W. B. Louch,
Sgt D. Rees.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1373
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Warmsen
Lower Saxony
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 Swinderby at 2135LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed near Warmsen. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Korab-Brzozowski,
W/O Jan Pawel Bujak,
W/O Mieczyslaw Jozef Hasinski,
F/Lt Edward Hubicki,
F/Lt Leon Kozlowski,
W/O Adam Weiss.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Zeven: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3664
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Zeven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2309LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Zeven, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas George Young, pilot,
F/O Valentine Ronald Hartwright, pilot,
P/O Huntley Donald Brander, observer,
F/Sgt James Ronald Dale, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Dennis Howard Glyn Poole, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alfred George Reading, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Walter Dryburgh Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0156 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD895
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
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 2315LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the district of Osternburg in OIdenburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Murray Richard Frederick Baker, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Bevans, pilot,
Sgt Morgan Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt George Edward Smith, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5459
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 2314LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Altenwerder, southwest of Hamburg, All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Alexander James Bailey, pilot,
P/O George Walter Tetlow, pilot,
P/O John Henry Purser, observer,
Sgt Frederick Robert Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Elton Talbot Panes, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond Marshall Gray, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Stemmermühlen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6001
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Stemmermühlen
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2257LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Stemmermühlen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Terrance Chambers Seale, pilot,
Sgt Richard Lyndon Barrett,
Sgt Maurice George Brown,
F/Sgt Bernard William Grocock, observer,
F/Sgt Roland Ernest Walls, wireless operator,
Sgt Laurence Whittle, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Thorpe Archer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Sylt Island

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6139
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Sylt Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1029LT on an operation to Westerland. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Sylt Island. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Clement Murray Chown,
Sgt Michael Kelly,
Sgt Alfred Ernest William Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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