Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Kiel

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DL+AF
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5781
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine floatplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from the harbor of Kiel. There were no casualties.

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

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4051
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Neuruppin, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Phillip Arnold, pilot,
Sgt James Clifton Threlfall, observer,
Sgt Edward Taylor, wireless operator,
P/O Bernard Albert Zadock de Bressey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4396
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Hamburg. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Colin Deans Chapman,
P/O John Graham Langford,
Sgt Clarence Edward Russell,
Sgt Robert Sinclair.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.90A-1 in Brauna: 29 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1940 at 1502 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AVMF
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin – Budapest
MSN:
900010
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
23
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
29
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane named 'Brandenburg' departed Berlin-Tempelhof Airport at 1424LT on a schedule service to Budapest, carrying 23 passengers and six crew members. At 1448LT, the radio operator informed ground he was flying at an altitude of 2,200 metres in clouds and reported icing conditions two minutes later. Then the airplane initiated a descent and uncontrolled manoeuvres when it eventually crashed in an open field located some 300 metres from Brauna. All 29 occupants were killed, among them the German Musician and Journalist Adolf Raskin.
Probable cause:
The cause of the crash is believed by the Accident Investigation Board to be icing between the external balance and the elevator fin end cap and blockage of the altitude control system in the depressed position, which, together with the severe degradation of flight characteristics due to the thickness of the ice, made it impossible to control the aircraft. About 30 minutes after the accident, a layer of 15 to 20 millimetres of ice was still present on critical surfaces.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Glambeck: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1598
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Glambeck. A crew member was killed and four others were wounded.
Crew:
Walter Karl, pilot, †
Berthold Wohlfeil, pilot,
Gefr Josef Götz, radio operator,
Ogefr Wilhelm Rapp, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P2082
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation of the Kiel Bay. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kiel Canal (Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal). All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stephen Edward Hamilton, observer,
Sgt James Inglis Moyes, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Robertson, wireless operator.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17E near Rheinsberg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VC+BF
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2142
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Following an engine failure in flight, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the floatplane crashed near Kampen Lake, north of Rheinsberg. The flight engineer was killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
FF Schern, pilot,
Flg Erwin Hielscher, flight engineer. †
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3-220 in Berlin: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AAIH
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1973
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On final approach to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport, the crew encountered low visibility due to poor weather conditions. The twin engine aircraft impacted the ground short of runway and crashed. Both pilots were killed while all other occupants were injured.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
X2971
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. Lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Reginald Humphrey,
Sgt Horace Cecil Loadsman,
Sgt Denis Isiah Pallett,
Sgt Frank Douglas Walter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1940 at 2339 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7809
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham on a bombing mission over Hamburg. While cruising at night, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in an open field located in Köhlen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (38th Squadron):
F/Lt Eugene George Frederick Chivers, pilot,
Sgt Francis William Davis, pilot,
Sgt John Bretland McConnell, observer,
Sgt William Cosgrove, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Joseph Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Wallace James, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.