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Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7462
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1830LT to bomb a railway near Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew reported technical issues with the wireless equipment. The airplane was lost without trace and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew (97th Squadron):
P/O William Gershon Noble, pilot,
F/Sgt Lester Louis Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Francis George Redwood, observer,
Sgt Nigel Frederick Hunt, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles Ceasar Kolar, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Lionel Abel John Mills, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Muirhead Colin Worthington, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1210
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1822LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Edwards Parker, pilot,
Sgt James Forrest,
F/Sgt John Frederick Gauley, observer,
F/Sgt Edwin Leslie Phillips,
Sgt Leonard Walter Shearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Bryan Robert Thomas, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE257
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1835LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O William Hayward Budd, pilot,
Sgt Michael Joseph Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Edward Austin,
P/O Donald Schafheitlin.

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

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3222
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1843LT on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Butt Allport,
Sgt Harry Edward Dance,
Sgt Lindsay Gordon Faunt,
Sgt Philip Kay,
Sgt John Anthony McDonough,
Sgt Robert Pinkerton.

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

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE383
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Sidney Furley, pilot,
P/O William Laidlaw, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Ralph James, wireless operator,
Sgt William Arthur Saunders, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5579
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1910LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Tadeusz Lang, air gunner,
Sgt S. Hildebrandt,
F/O M. Kosowski,
F/O A. Bryk,
Sgt J. Hejnowski,
F/O J. Lucki.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 1205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5875
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 0745LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 130 km west-northwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Christian Samuel Balzer,
Sgt Howard Lee Elliott,
Sgt Victor Frederick William Slade.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7320
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Roy Paxton, pilot,
P/O Herbert Mitchell Clarke, observer,
F/O Royston Charles Holloway, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7300
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Felix Gwynne Gill, pilot,
Sgt Albert William Humphries, observer,
Sgt Duncan Watt Marshall, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6249
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Richard Thomas Stubbs, pilot,
P/O John Whitfield Bradley, observer,
Sgt William Paterson Thom, wireless operator.
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