Military

Flight Type:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Location:

Galivants Ferry

South Carolina

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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In unknown circumstances, the airplane collided with a second USAAC Havoc registered 40-102 and also carrying a crew of two. Both airplanes crashed and all four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF near Wellington: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Registration:

L8675

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Plain, Valley

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High Ercall - High Ercall

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While on approach to RAF High Ercall, the bomber crashed on the top of a hill located four miles north of Wellington. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Robert Butcher, pilot,
Sgt Irwin Harold Wiskar, radio operator.

Crash of a Percival P.10 Vega Gull in Abukir

Date & Time: May 17, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Percival P.10 Vega Gull

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Registration:

X1033

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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MSN:

K.42

YOM:

1936

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The airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Abukir Airfield. The pilot was rescued.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator in Carbon Hill: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator

Operator:

Registration:

41-1147

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Louisville – Pittsburgh

MSN:

439

YOM:

1941

Location:

Carbon Hill

Ohio

Country:

United States of America

Region:

North America

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The twin engine airplane departed Louisville on a flight to Pittsburgh, carrying vie crew members. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor. The crew apparently got lost when the airplane impacted the slope of a hill and disintegrated on impact. All five occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 off Hörnum: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Blohm & Voss BV 138

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Registration:

8L+BK

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De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

310023

YOM:

1941

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Suffered an accident in Hörnum, apparently following a structural failure. The air gunner was killed and all four other crew members were injured.
Crew.
Lt Hans-Joachim Fried, pilot,
Ogefr Johann Wirringa, radio operator,
Ofw Georg Klare, mechanic,
Uffz Friedrich Braun, mechanic,
Ogefr Helmut Hahn, air gunner. †

Crash of a De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth in Nairobi

Date & Time: May 15, 1941

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Registration:

1411

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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MSN:

7129

YOM:

1935

Location:

Nairobi

Nairobi City District

Country:

Kenya

Region:

Africa

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The single engine airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Nairobi Airport. The pilot, sole on board, was uninjured.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88 in Perleberg: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Perleberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew.
Ogefr Rudolf Raay, pilot,
Lt Otto Eberhard Boehme, observer,
Ogefr Gerhard Friedrich A. Jürgens, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Goedecke, mechanic.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I off Puffin Island: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Blackburn B-26 Botha

Operator:

Registration:

L6265

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Landing (descent or approach)

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Squires Gate - Squires Gate

MSN:

7868/12

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1941

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The airplane crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 1,5 km north of Puffin Island. The pilot was killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Merrill Adlard, pilot,
F/O P. R. D. A. C. MacDonald,
Sgt S. Jones,
AC1 S. G. Sprott,
Sgt N. W. Downs.

Crash of a Bristol 130 Bombay I in Kano

Date & Time: May 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 130 Bombay

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Registration:

L5823

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