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

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1940 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4346
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Jöllenbeck
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 was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Jöllenbeck, north of Bielefeld. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt D. M. Barrett,
P/O Jeffrey Guy Mitchell, †
Sgt Roland Houghton-Brown, †
Sgt Charles Norman Webster. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4355
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Rheine
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 Hemswell on a communication mission when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rheine. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Albert Stanley Smith, pilot,
P/O Colin Matheson, pilot,
Sgt Rex Spurway Powell, observer,
Sgt William Stanley Rowcliffe, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1442
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1596
YOM:
1939
Location:
Dortmund
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2115LT on June 20 on a bombing mission over Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dortmund. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O G. E. Walker, pilot,
P/O J. Plant, pilot,
Sgt R. R. Schofield, navigator and bomb aimer,
Sgt C. H. Neary, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt H. R. Holmes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Neukirchen-Vluyn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1940 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1499
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1639
YOM:
1939
Location:
Neukirchen-Vluyn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2113LT on June 18 to attack oil installations in the Holten district. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Neukirchen-Vluyn, west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed. Possibly shot down.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley E. Masham, pilot,
Sgt Cyril M. Clayton, pilot,
Sgt Donald W. Dawson, observer,
Sgt Harold A. F. Giblin, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charlie Hanlon, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Neukirchen-Vluyn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1940 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1460
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1600
YOM:
1939
Location:
Neukirchen-Vluyn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2115LT on June 17 on a bombing mission over Castrop-Rauxel. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Neukirchen-Vluyn, west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Thomas MacInnes, pilot,
P/O Clement Neville Buist, pilot,
Sgt Malcolm Llewellyn Dent, observer,
Sgt Leonard Whittle, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Cornelius Francis Mckay, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Mannheim: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
6461
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons shortly after takeoff from Mannheim Airport. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.

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

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4336
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Uerdingen
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 Hemswell on a communications mission over Germany. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Uerdingen, near Krefeld. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Leslie Scott Lawrence, pilot,
F/O James Reed Guthrie, pilot,
Sgt John Fraser, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Carlton Davies, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Koblenz

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
6266
YOM:
1939
Location:
Koblenz
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed shortly after takeoff from Koblenz Airport. All three crew members survived.

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

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1348
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Barnkrug
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 Scampton on a bombing mission over Hamburg. While flying along the Elbe River, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Barnkrug. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Denys Brian Douglas Field, pilot,
Sgt Eric Howard Paul, observer,
Sgt Lachlan Livingstone Kerr, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Eadie, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Cologne: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Cologne-Ostheim
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Right after takeoff from Cologne-Ostheim Airport, the twin engine airplane suffered a technical problem and crashed. A crew member survived while five other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Technical issue of unknown origin.
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