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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Cologne: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1537
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Cologne
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach on an operation to Cologne. It is believed that it crashed while approaching the target area. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Bernard John Rogers, pilot, †
Sgt Harry Hector Bedard, air gunner, †
Sgt Royston Henry Davis,
Sgt Ralph Ian Gemmill,
P/O John Mcbeath Kerr,
Sgt Henry Mahoney.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Duisburg

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6563
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2034
YOM:
1941
Location:
Duisburg
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Dishforth at 2303LT on June 19 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crash landed near Duisburg and all five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Albert John Brewster,
Sgt Alfred Stanley William,
Sgt Peter J. M. Thomas,
Sgt J. B. Whitworth,
Sgt Leslie Frederick Mann.

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

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6661
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2095
YOM:
1941
Location:
Lorup
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 Middleton St George at 2300LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lorup, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Clarkson Richards, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Richards George, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Charles Berwick, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Fletcher Cook, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6510
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2022
YOM:
1941
Location:
Kirchhellen
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 2257LT on June 13 on an operation to Schwerte. Passing north of Essen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kirchhellen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Victor Alderton, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Percy Glassborow, pilot,
Sgt Ivor Peter Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Conrad Thomas Frederick Baldwin, observer,
Sgt Arthur Charles Fletcher, wireless operator,
Sgt James Robert Fraser, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Hamm: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4310
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamm
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Waddington at 2250LT on an operation to Soest. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Hamm. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Kenneth Main, pilot,
F/Sgt Colwyn Trevor Cottell Mercer, pilot,
F/Sgt Arnold Kossick, wireless operator,
Sgt James Reid Park, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mge in Rheinsberg

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
RJ+NP
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4048
YOM:
1934
Location:
Rheinsberg
Brandenburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and crash landed in Rheinsberg. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD727
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
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 Hemswell on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Peter Harold Howard Pritchard, pilot,
Sgt John Bestwick, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Breene,
P/O Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Travemünde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Registration:
K6+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
310013
YOM:
1941
Location:
Travemünde
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 crew was completing a test flight to check the airframe when the floatplane crashed into the sea off Travemünde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fritz Reccius, pilot,
Walter Beckmann, chief,
Mr. Bode, engine controller,
Heinrich Krug, electrician,
Otto Stahl, workshop manager,
Hans Westphal, flight engineer.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Dobbrikow: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1941 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7430
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Dobbrikow
Brandenburg
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 Oakington at 2250LT on June 2 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Germany at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the village of Dobbrikow, between Dobbrikow and Hennickendorf. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Gerard Armstrong, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Grant Clark, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ernest Clarke, wireless operator, †
F/O John Mitchell, pilot, †
F/Sgt Peter Bernard Eric Smith, pilot, †
F/Sgt Aidan Noel Wynne, observer, †
Sgt William Stanley Bellew.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Recklinghausen

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3120
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Recklinghausen
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Hemswell at 2258LT on June 2 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crash landed near Recklinghausen the following night. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Asson,
Sgt Neil Musson Campbell,
Sgt Charles Ernest Hawkes,
Sgt Harold George Johnson.
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