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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Sylt Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3801
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
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:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1030LT on an operation to Westerland. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Andrew Hillock Drysdale, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Thomas Frank Edwards, observer,
Sgt Harold Challis, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Welt: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9499
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Welt
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1010LT on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Welt. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Douglas Inglis Robison, pilot, †
Sgt Laurence Hancock, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Ingham, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Alexander James Davie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Dunn, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Norman Hares, air gunner, †
Sgt E. J. Harding.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6572
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2043
YOM:
1941
Location:
Cuxhaven
Lower Saxony
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 Topcliffe at 2230LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Wadden Sea, between the estuaries of Weser and Elbe, near Cuxhaven. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Condie McArthur, pilot,
Sgt Donald Macauley Philp, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest John James Raper, observer,
Sgt William James Clarke, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Samuel Shannon Carlile, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5386
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
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 Binbrook at 2257LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over Hamburg, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by a Me.110 then crashed in the Kuhwerder Hafen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur Lomax, pilot,
Sgt Horace Edward Meadows, pilot,
P/O Alastair Fulton Struthers, observer,
Sgt Henry Nykerk, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Thomas Relf, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4179
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1872
YOM:
1940
Location:
Hipstedt
Lower Saxony
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 2231LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hipstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Vincent Bingham-Hall, pilot,
Sgt John Stanley Shaw, pilot,
Sgt John Marshall McAlonan, observer,
Sgt Douglas Walter Banham, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Lawley, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Klein Hansdorf: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P5016
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1738
YOM:
1940
Location:
Klein Hansdorf
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2230LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Klein Hansdorf. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Harwood Knape, pilot, †
Sgt Denzil Philip Walker, pilot, †
P/O Richard Vary Campbell Bolster, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Stewart Carson, wireless operator, †
W/O Ernest Philip Lewis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6647
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2081
YOM:
1941
Location:
Dollern
Lower Saxony
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 Topcliffe at 2232LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dollern. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Singleton, pilot,
Sgt John Clayton Goodwin, pilot,
Sgt Hugh Gartside Chorlton, observer,
Sgt Joseph Humphries, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Norman Williams, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Schönberg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0151 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6561
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2032
YOM:
1941
Location:
Schönberg
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Leeming at 2232LT on June 28 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Schönberg. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Knox Watson, air gunner, †
P/O George Murray Frame,
Sgt Norman John Gregory,
P/O James David Margrie,
Sgt Derrick David William Nabarro.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6630
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2064
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 Topcliffe at 2241LT on June 27 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the center of the city, at Ackermannstrasse. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ray Berysford Edwards, pilot,
P/O Ralph Edward Tidswell, pilot,
Sgt Jeffrey Leon Ransson, observer,
Sgt Laurence Dobinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Brinley Roberts, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P5055
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1767
YOM:
1940
Location:
Uetersen
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 2220LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Uetersen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony George Rickford, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Stuart Thomson, pilot,
Sgt George Leslie Gane, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Gibson Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leonard Hird, air gunner.
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