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

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3117
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Trier
Rhineland-Palatinate
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 2240LT on December 10 on an operation to Mannheim. The crew encountered poor weather conditions with severe icing and its is believed that the airplane crashed in Trier after being shot down by the German Flak. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Eric Beck Squibs Liddell, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Stanley Atkinson, observer,
P/O Ronald George Ash, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Eric McConnell, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Cologne

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z5794
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Cologne
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Wattisham on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Wilfred Hnry Culling,
Sgt Arnold Brown,
Sgt Edwin Thomas Perry.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Bossin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Heringsdorf - Heringsdorf
MSN:
4001
YOM:
1939
Location:
Bossin
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Heringsdorf Airport on a local training flight. While circling in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane collided with a Heinkel He.51 (MSN 1019) also operated by the Luftwaffe. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in Bossin, about 4 km west of Heringsdorf Airport. All four crew members on board the W.34 as well as the pilot of the He.51 (Uffz Sebastian Strobel) were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Hans Klinger, pilot,
Ofhr Erich Plewka, pilot,
Ofhr Hans Lorensen, pilot.
Uffz Ernst Drude, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17E-3 near Würzburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
DL+SD
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
2085
Location:
Würzburg
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training exercise when the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed near Würzburg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Friedrich Schmidt,
Gefr Georg Schulmayr,
Flg Hans Weissbach.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2975
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Grevenbroich
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Hemswell on an operation to Düsseldorf. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grevenbroich, southwest of Düsseldorf. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Albert Attfield, pilot, †
Sgt Owen Deeham, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Arthur Waters, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. F. Williams.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3004
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Düsseldorf
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 Lindholme at 1810LT on December 7 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It is believed it was shot down by enemy fire while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Trevor Mulligan,
P/O Malcolm James Preece,
Sgt Cyril James Smith,
Sgt Francis Arthur Buckle.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Greese

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2501
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Greese
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of December 4 on an operation to Düsseldorf. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in a field in Greese. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt R. E. Bush,
P/O Hardie Grosvenor De Forest,
Sgt John Gage,
P/O John Ray Hoppe,
F/O Frank Harvey Vivian,
Sgt Carl Henry Charles Wright.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V on Juist Island

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P5026
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1748
YOM:
1940
Location:
Juist
Lower Saxony
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 1702LT on an operation to Stettin (Szczecin). While cruising off the north German coast, it was shot down by enemy fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and made an emergency landing on Juist Island. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Richard Denny,
P/O Basil Virgil Kirwin,
P/O George Chambers Brown,
Sgt J. E. Everson,
Sgt John William Massie.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.70 in Zingst: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.70
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1548
Location:
Zingst
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Zingst, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Uffz Emil Wille, pilot,
Gefr Josef Wotzkow, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers W.33 in Warnemünde: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.33
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
035
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the single engine airplane crashed in an open field in Warnemünde. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Uffz Friedrich Linsel, pilot,
Gefr Hartmann, pilot.
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