Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt Konstantin Dmitrievich Medvedev, pilot,
AC1 Nikolay Kirillovich Bilshenko, mechanic,
Sgt Petr Terentyevich Khivrenko, air gunner,
Sgt Ivan Grigorievich Lukin, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Cpt Viktor Leonidovich Brailovsky, pilot,
Lt Saveliy Salomonovich Tseskis,
Sgt Evgeny Aleksandrovich Maltsev, mechanic,
Sgt Viktor Grigorievitch Babenkov, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland in Saint-Jean-d'Angély: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
382
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, killing all four occupants members.
Crew:
Lt Heinz Will, pilot,
Uffz Franz Weinhandel, radio operator,
Uffz Jan Tielboer, air gunner.
Passenger:
Otto Warthemann.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G off Møn Island

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RZ+AB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
865
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Møn Island. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24A-CO Liberator in Belfast

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1941 at 2300 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AM910
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Belfast - Belfast
MSN:
1
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to base following an escort mission of the HMS Nottingham. After touchdown, the four engine airplane went out of control and came to rest. All nine occupants escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L R. T. F. Gates,
P/O H. Campbell-Secord,
P/O Layton,
Sgt Clare,
Sgt Barthorpe,
Sgt Watson,
Sgt George,
Sgt Knight,
Sgt Crossey.

Crash of a North American B-25B Mitchell in Augusta: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
40-2259
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
62B-2928
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed upon takeoff from Augusta-Daniel Field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Harold E. Brown,
2nd Lt Jack H. Butler,
2nd Lt Harold C. Jepson,
Pvt Earl L. Willburn.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Pontivy

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941 at 2046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2565
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Boscombe Down at 1830LT on a special signals investigation flight over France. During the course of the operation, the starboard airscrew fell off and the airplane was abandoned by the crew over Pontivy and crashed. Six crew members became PoW and another one evaded.
Crew:
P/O Leslie George Bull, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Wallis Mackenzie, pilot,
P/O Howard Goolding Cundall, radar specialist,
P/O William Jack Grisman, observer,
Sgt John Gannon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Statham, wireless operator,
Sgt Oscar Albert Sheffield, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right airscrew in flight.

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

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941 at 1126 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE434
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coltishall - Swinderby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane landed at 0740LT at RAF Coltishall following a successful mining operation. It departed RAF Coltishall mid-morning to return to base and crashed on approach. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Jones,
Sgt Kirk,
Sgt Baynes,
Sgt Shimmons.

Crash of a Sikorsky OA-11 off Port of Spain: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
42-1
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4314
YOM:
1936
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The floatplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing in the Cocorite Bay off Port of Spain. All five crew members were killed.

Crash of a Canadian Vickers Stranrear on Mt Baldwin: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1941 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
946
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Dartmouth – Penticton – Patricia Bay
MSN:
CV-225
YOM:
1941
Country:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to Patricia Bay, British Columbia, with an intermediate stop in Penticton. The seaplane departed Penticton seaplane base at 1026LT. Few minutes after his departure, the radio operator informed ground about his ETA in Patricia Bay at 1300LT. At 1400LT, the crew changed his frequency and informed ground about his position north of Vancouver, flying in very bad weather conditions with snow falls. As the airplane failed to arrive in Patricia Bay, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Six years later, walkers found the wreckage on Mt Baldwin (1,427 metres high) located 10 km southeast of Squamish. It appears that the aircraft hit the mountain 10 metres below the summit. All five crewmen were killed.
Crew (5th Squadron):
P/O Gerald Searing Palmer, pilot,
Sgt Jack Fenton Bliss,
Cpl John Robert Bruce Fernie,
LAC Gilbert Fowler Willette,
LAC Charles Murray Ross.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot got lost while cruising on instruments and in heavy static.
Final Report: