Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z6506
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2018
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
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 1651LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs,
Sgt George Clarence Davies,
Sgt Thomas Harold Marlow,
P/O Esmond Mark David Romilly,
Sgt Alan Whewell.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8953
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Robert Boland, pilot,
Sgt Ronald William Ebsworth,
Sgt Michael Joseph Fitzgerald,
Sgt Gordon James Walter Fleming,
Sgt Ian Arthur Flower,
Sgt Herbert Leon Loveday.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9405
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bournemouth - Bournemouth
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Bournemouth-Hurn Airport on a special operation on behalf of the Telecommunications Research Establishment, serving as a target for the Telecommunications Flying Unit. While cruising over The Channel, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the pilot became disoriented. He attempted an emergency landing on the Chesil Bank when the airplane crashed into the sea. The pilot was killed and the second occupant was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Adam Mcduff Dunlop, pilot, †
AC1 W. S. A. Goode, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE437
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1640LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. At 2229LT Heston d/f station acknowledged a call from this aircraft, asking for a bearing. Tragically, it is believed the crew misinterpreted the information sent by Heston and when last heard on w/t the Hampden was plotted in a 40 mile radius of 47° 30' N 13° W, some 270 miles off Brest and approximately 300 miles southwest of Land's end. No trace of the airplane was found.
Crew:
F/O James Andrew Caldwell,
Sgt Roland Crawley,
Sgt Edwin Alfred Harry,
F/Sgt Hudson Eric Marshall.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8373
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Charles David Cooling,
Sgt Harold James Cooper,
Sgt George Leonard Hall,
F/Sgt Norman Gilbert Hettrick,
P/O Anthony David Moore,
Sgt Mervyn Alfred Weavers.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1135
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 at 2243LT on November 15 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Cook,
Sgt Kenneth David Deadman,
Sgt Jack Burton Drury, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Edmund Glenny,
Sgt Robert Ville Hannam,
Sgt Fred Charles Reeve.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1775
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1717LT on November 15 on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Lewis Cox,
F/Sgt Henry William Duffield,
P/O Ronald John Furey,
P/O William Goldman,
Sgt Douglas Bertram Pepper,
Sgt Eric Rowland.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1627
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Vernon Bawden,
Sgt Ronald Bramhall,
Sgt Brown Ferguson,
Sgt James Ernest King,
Sgt John Kenneth Moss,
Sgt Cyril Northcott.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9888
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 at 1732LT on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Christopher Homes,
Sgt John Miller Horsley,
Sgt Richard Henry Huckett,
Sgt Ralph William Platten,
Sgt George Reginald Ruscoe,
Sgt Frank Seeley Thomas.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8975
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1727LT on an operation to Emden. While returning to base, it is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt George Albert Farmery,
Sgt Joseph Oswald Maurice Lobo,
Sgt Jack Morris,
Sgt Ronald North,
Sgt Albert Edward Nosworthy,
Sgt Frederick Peever.