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Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5537
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
The Channel
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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 Pocklington at 1153LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Colvin Crump,
Sgt John Albert Fawkes,
Sgt Julian Lee Byron Martin,
Sgt Anthony George Lendrum Mitchell,
Sgt Cyril Tatton,
P/O Ronald Victor Trueman.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2854
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
The Channel
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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 Feltwell on an operation to Brest. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel.
Crew:
Sgt Rodney Patrick Carling,
Sgt Robert Samuel Carson Craig,
Sgt William Owen,
Sgt Donald Frederick Streeter,
Sgt Reginald James Turner,
Sgt Graham Stuart Walker.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5380
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
The Channel
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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 on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and probably crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alan William Felton,
Sgt Robert Kenneth Godfrey,
F/Sgt Frederick James Hardiman,
F/Sgt Harold Heald,
Sgt John Raymond Mason,
F/Sgt Chris Redvers Preece.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Condor into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Atlantic Ocean
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a combat mission over the Atlantic Ocean when it was shot down by the crew of a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson. The four engine aircraft crashed into the sea off the Irish coast. There was casualties but the exact number remains unknown. It seems that crew members survived as well.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in the Celtic Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6038
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Celtic 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 Wyton to attack the Scharnhorst. It is believed that it was damaged by enemy fire and subsequently crashed into the sea, some 50 miles off Milford Heaven, Pembrokeshire. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Balmain Campbell,
F/Sgt William Cockburn,
Sgt George Thomas Friend,
P/O Donald Alfred Lewis, observer,
Sgt Arthur John Mitchell,
P/O John Henry Eric Warner,
Sgt Arthur Ronald Norman Whitcher.
Probable cause:
Believed shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina in the Indian Ocean: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
W8426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Diego Garcia - Victoria - Takoradi
Location:
Indian Ocean
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The floatplane was completing a flight from Diego Garcia to Takoradi with an intermediate stop in Victoria, Seychelles, carrying personnel from the 513 Air Ministry Experimental Station. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Indian Ocean. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gifford John Bishop,
F/O Andrew Terras Grieve,
Sgt Frederick Griffin,
LAC Roy Cope Hoddell,
F/Sgt Reginald John Louis Larwood,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Magee,
AC2 James Alfred Skinner,
F/Sgt Claude Marriott Williamson,
F/Lt Earl William Young.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
7T+KL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
5260
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:
Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Uffz Hans Markert, pilot,
Ogefr Helmut Buschulte, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Zillinger, observer,
Ogefr Johannes Dach, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9412
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
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 Upwood on a night navigation exercise. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Charles William Andrews, pilot,
P/O Ronald Thomas Franklin, observer,
Sgt Leonard Roy Palmer, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941 at 0114 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD844
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:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2250LT on July 16 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert George Mitchell,
Sgt Roy William Owen,
P/O Henry Moncrieff Owens,
F/Sgt Douglas Edward Russell.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
7T+FL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
6371
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 was engaged in operation to the east coast of England when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Erwin Reinhard, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Preuss, observer,
Ogefr Heinz Stadler, radio operator,
Uffz Fritz Baumeyer, air gunner.
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