Crash of a Breda Ba.44 near Tirana: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1941 at 0910 LT
Type of aircraft:
Breda Ba.44
Operator:
Registration:
MM60426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4303
YOM:
1934
Location:
Tirana
Tirana
Country:
Albania
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances some 15 minutes after takeoff from Tirana Airport. All three crew members were killed. First registered I-ORSA by Ala Littoria then MM60426 by Regia Aeronautica.

Crash of a Martin B-10M near Lake Salvador

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-10 (Model 139 & 166)
Operator:
Registration:
34-34
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
565
YOM:
1934
Location:
Lake Salvador
Louisiana
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew encountered poor weather conditions and due to fuel exhaustion, bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed 10 miles south of Lake Salvador. The airplane was destroyed and both occupants were uninjured.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I off Collieston: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 7, 1941 at 0840 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
R9817
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Collieston
Aberdeenshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a ferry flight to Aberdeen. While approaching Dyce Airport from the sea, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Collieston. A crew was found alive while three other occupants were never found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Mitchell Cutting, †
Sgt Thomas Arnold Edwards, †
Sgt Andrew Chalmers White, †
Sgt M. Frost.

Crash of a Martin B-10M off Langley AFB

Date & Time: Mar 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-10 (Model 139 & 166)
Operator:
Registration:
34-91
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
622
YOM:
1934
Location:
Langley AFB (Hampton)
Virginia
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons into the Back River off Langley AFB. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF near RAF Cottesmore: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L6602
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Wittering - Digby
Location:
Cottesmore AFB
Rutland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from RAF Wittering to Digby, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with limited visibility due to low patches of fog. Flying too low, the airplane collided with trees and crashed near RAF Cottesmore. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Fairgrieve Dorward, pilot,
F/O John Austin Strong, wireless operator.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina off San Juan

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
0467
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
14
YOM:
1937
Location:
San Juan
All Puerto Rico
Country:
Puerto Rico
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taking off from the harbor of San Juan, the floatplane collided with a surface craft and crashed. All six crew members suffered minor injuries.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1941 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
R6107
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Location:
Fulbeck AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was approaching RAF Cranwell when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Fulbeck, west of the airfield. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
crew:
F/Lt Desmond Eernest Crosbie Trench, pilot, †
F/O D. M. Egan.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Swansea

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
N9535
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Carew Cheriton - Carew Cheriton
Location:
Swansea
Glamorgan
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a sortie from RAF Carew Cheriton, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Bristol Channel off Swansea. All four crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Zaragoza: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
25-78
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Zaragoza
Aragon
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances at Sanjurjo Airport in Zaragoza and was destroyed. All three crew members were injured. One of them died from injuries sustained on March 6.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Paris: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Paris - Berlin
MSN:
1487
YOM:
1928
Location:
Paris-Le Bourget
Seine-Saint-Denis
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget on a flight to Berlin, carrying one passenger, three crew members and some military mail. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were injured and the passenger was killed. Recently appointed as Vice Admiral for the Southeast in the Mediterranean, the passenger was en route to Berlin to take over his duties.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Schneegold, pilot,
Gefr Bernhard Cleber, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Bahr, navigator.
Passenger:
Vice Admiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. †
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