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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley in Brunsbüttel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4269
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Brunsbüttel
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 Topcliffe at 2236LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed west of Brunsbüttel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Morray Nigel Feltham Jones, pilot,
Sgt Albert Philip Nicoll, pilot,
P/O Austen Bleakley, observer,
Sgt Rudolf Dey Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward George Whitehead, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Pratt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6759
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2147
YOM:
1941
Location:
Heligoland Island
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 Topcliffe at 2238LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Heligoland Island. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Garrick David Jackson, †
Sgt Eric William Gordon Dickey,
P/O Robert George Poulter,
Sgt Neville Jannison Ranson,
Sgt John Laing Dewar Morrison Urquh.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Meldorf

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4297
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1950
YOM:
1940
Location:
Meldorf
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2231LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Meldorf. All five crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Neville Drenon Bailey,
Sgt Brian Newsome Booth,
Sgt James Macintosh Culley,
Sgt William Marshall Featherstone,
Sgt Bertram Robert Wallace.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Dieksanderkoog: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Dieksanderkoog
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 Hemswell at 2301LT on June 26 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Dieksanderkoog. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/O Kenneth Gordon Webb, pilot,
P/O Laurence Trevor Glover, pilot,
F/S Frank Woodruff, observer,
F/S John Woodward, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Sydney Haslemore, air gunner,
P/O Cyril McCulloch Bateman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Westerhever: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7374
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Westerhever
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 Coningsby at 2336LT on June 26 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea west of Westerhever. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O Francis Edwin Eustace, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Keith Mckenzie, copilot,
F/S John Joseph Clinch, navigator,
F/S James Elkington, bomb aimer,
P/O Alan Albert Morgan, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Peter Victor McLaren, mid upper gunner,
Sgt Charles Paull Penberthy, rear gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD788
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ipernstedt
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 Scampton on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Ipernstedt. A crew survived and became PoW while three others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles William Hancock, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Lawrence Ray, pilot, †
Sgt Philip Edward Whiting, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley Norman Hind.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into Lake Dobersdorfer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Dobersdorf
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 Feltwell at 2215LT on June 24 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the small lake of Dobersdorfer, off the village of Dobersdorf, about 10 km east of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Robertson Sutherland, pilot,
Sgt Hartley Ward, pilot,
Sgt George Leslie Bentley, observer,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Frost, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Straughan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Buxtehude: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1941 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9492
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Buxtehude
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2309LT on June 23 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eilendorf, one km south of Buxtehude. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Walter Kell Stobbs, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Leonard Cullum, observer, †
Sgt Alan Turner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Simpson Adair, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Henry Barnard, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Stuart Lipton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD969
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Bremervörde
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 Scampton at 2255LT on June 22 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising off Friesland, it was attacked by the German Marine Flak and crashed 50 minutes later in Bremervörde. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard John Heavens, pilot,
Sgt Walter George Price, pilot,
F/Sgt Neil Erskine Byres, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric William Sponder, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-1 at Lechfeld AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1941 at 1115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
5082
YOM:
1941
Location:
Lechfeld AFB
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lechfeld AFB, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed, among them one engineer from Dornier.
Crew:
Lt Franz Kiessling, pilot,
Uffz Siegfried Glas, radio operator,
Uffz Werner Nieß, air gunner +1.
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