Germany

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Registration:

L4036

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Scampton – Scampton

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Lüdenscheid

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed south of Lüdenscheid. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Francis Gower, pilot,
P/O Edwin Arthur Harris, navigator,
Sgt Alfred James Baum, observer,
Sgt Percy William Norman Jelley, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Mannheim

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1940

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L4053

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen. Cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Mannheim. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ian Menzies Muir, pilot,
Sgt Walter Barber,
Sgt John Leakey,
AC2 Francis Arthur Stone.

Crash of a Douglas DC-2-115E in Lämershagen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-2

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Registration:

D-AIAV

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

1366

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1935

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Lämershagen

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The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Lämershagen, southeast of Bielefeld. Two passengers were killed.

Probable cause:

Without explaining the exact causes and circumstances of the occurrence, German authorities reported that the accident was caused by a pilot error.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in the Mt Watzmann: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

VK+BG

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Mountains

Schedule:

Schleissheim – Zeltweg

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6862

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1940

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The aircraft was on its way from Schleissheim, in the suburb of Munich, to the Zeltweg Airfield located in Styria, Austria. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane impacted the east slope of Mt Watzmann (2,713 metres high) located in the Berchtesgaden National Park, southeast Bavaria. No trace of the aircraft nor the six occupants was found until Summer 2003.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hamburg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1940

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P4375

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Waddington - Waddington

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Hamburg

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation over Hamburg. Approaching the target at an altitude of 8,000 feet, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L James Galt MacIntyre, pilot, †
Sgt Vyvyan Andrew Coveyduck,
Sgt Albert Cross,
Sgt John Henry Robert Edgar.

Probable cause:

In-flight collision with a barrage balloon cable.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Duisburg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1940

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P9275

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Newmarket - Newmarket

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Duisburg

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The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2150LT on July 25 on a raid over Germany. It crashed in unclear circumstances, probably in the area of Duisburg. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O B. A. Power, †
P/O J. L. Scott,
Sgt H. J. Casselden,
Sgt H. F. Heritage,
Sgt A. L. Walker,
Sgt K. R. Sellwood.

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

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1940

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L4094

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Scampton – Scampton

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Flüren

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