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Crash of a Junkers JU.88 in Lüssow: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1940 at 1445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
DH+AS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stralsund - Stralsund
MSN:
7155
Location:
Lüssow
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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 Stralsund-Barth Airport on a test flight, carrying one pilot and two civilians. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in Lüssow, in the suburb of Stralsund, about 22 km southeast of the airfield. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fw Georg Manke, pilot,
Mr. Karl Mohr,
Mr. Reinhold Schultze.

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

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1259
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Location:
Cuxhaven
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 Finningley on operation 'Gardening'. Over the Elbe estuary, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Eric Thomas Watkin,
Sgt John McLean Fraser,
Sgt Sidney Bertie Keats,
Sgt Colin Kenmure.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9242
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Osnabrück
Lower Saxony
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 Newmarket on an operation to northwest Germany. Over Osnabrück, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Michael Cunningham Andrews Linden, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Ernest Langton Wood, pilot,
Sgt Harold Edgar Smart, observer,
Sgt Victor Beverley, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglils Thom Heard, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Watson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2913
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Bremerhaven
Bremen
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 on an operation to Bremerhaven. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Eglington Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Arthur Joyce, observer,
Sgt William Goodwill, wireless operator,
Sgt George John Hobson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1338
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Bremerhaven
Bremen
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 to bomb the liners 'Bremen' and 'Europa'. It crashed in unknown circumstances, probably in the target area of Bremerhaven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Thomas Laidlaw Scott Smythe, pilot,
P/O Stanley Cuthbert Wise, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Jones, wireless operator,
F/O Wilfred Francis Ernest Coombes, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1827
YOM:
1940
Location:
Kiel
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2325LT on September 10 on an operation to Bremen. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Kiel. All five occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O T. H. Hadley,
P/O J. E. Thompson,
Sgt K. D. Hall,
Sgt W. Hughes,
Sgt W. J. Bull.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940 at 2359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4287
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 Lindholme at 2117LT to bomb the Blohm & Voss Shipyards in Hamburg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak. All four crew members bailed out at 2359LT and became PoW. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed.
Crew:
S/L Frank Andrew Willan, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Wynn Wright, navigator,
Sgt Andrew Bertram Cox, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Fred Garland Brook, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Münster: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P2087
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Münster
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mission to Krefeld. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the vicinity of Münster. Two crew members were killed and two others were became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Richard Taunton,
P/O Henry John Vollmer,
Sgt William Bell, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Bracegirdle, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Germany

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3163
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Germany
All Germany
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 Mildenhall at 2200LT on September 5 for a Razzle operation in the Black Forest region of Germany. It crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Germany and all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Duncan Armstrong McFarlane,
P/O George Max Ratcliffe Smith,
F/O H. Burton,
Sgt Joe Bailey,
Sgt Harry Gordon Barnes,
Sgt A. R. Peacock.

Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal in Ribnitz-Pütnitz

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier Do J Wal
Operator:
Registration:
PD+AP
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
709
Location:
Ribnitz-Pütnitz
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reasons. Oblt Pusch +1 were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
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