Crash of a Dornier DO.18D2 off Baltrum Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M2+JK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
723
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night maritime patrol flight when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Baltrum Island. All four dead bodied were found on beaches few days later.
Crew:
Obltn Georg Müssig,
Uffz Friedrich Römermann,
Uffz Martin Schubert,
Uffz Ludwig Utzmeier.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Bergen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N7248
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leuchars - Leuchars
MSN:
414-1644
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea southwest of Bergen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Andrew George Henry Bell +2.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I off Happisburgh: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4257
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on a maritime survey flight, carrying six crew members from the 149th Squadron. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the North Sea some 8 km southeast of Happisburgh. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Lee Yerbury,
Sgt Olaf Thomas Victor Pitt,
A/Sgt Gladney Lumb,
AC1 David Islwyn George,
AC1 John Sydney Lewis,
AC1 Robert William Little.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Ionian Sea

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8378
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to ditch the airplane into the Ionian Sea some 110 km southeast off Syracuse, Sicily. All four crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Supermarine Stranrear into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7297
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Felixstowe - Felixstowe
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The float plane departed Felixstowe on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While flying in poor weather conditions, the airplane crashed into the sea. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Frederick Barber,
F/O Frederick Ernest Royston King,
LAC Donald Fulcher,
AC1 David George Poeten Ash,
AC1 Walter Joseph Jeckells,
AC2 Leslie Samuel Freshwater.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I off Happisburgh: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4258
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on reconnaissance mission over the North Sea. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea some 19 km northeast of Happisburgh. No trace of the aircraft nor the five crew members was found.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Adam Darling,
P/O Frank Edward Board,
Sgt Arthur Lickley,
AC1 Reginald Charles Barr Collins,
AC1 James William Sadler.

Crash of a Naval Aircraft Factory PH-2 into the Atlantic Ocean: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
V164
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a SAR mission in an attempt to find the vessel named 'Atlantis' which was missing. In unknown circumstances, the float plane crashed into the ocean some 240 km southeast of New York. Three crew members were killed while five others were rescued.

Crash of Dornier DO.17E-2 in Střelice: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
53+F25
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located near the village of Střelice, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Valbert, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Hoffmann, radio operator,
Fw Josef Römmele, observer.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I off Singapore: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1939 at 0800 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L5801
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Singapore - Singapore
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off, while climbing, the seaplane stalled and crashed into the Johore Strait, off the Singapore-Seletar Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and four crew members were injured while four others were killed.
Crew:
AC1 G. W. J. Mills, †
AC1 W. B. Cook, †
P/O A. H. Barnes, †
AC1 G. H. Leighton, †
F/O W. W. Campbell,
Cpl S. H. Williams,
LAC J. J. A. Smith,
AC1 J. Colville.
Probable cause:
It appears that the accident was caused by the failure of the control systems.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I off Maine

Date & Time: May 20, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L2308
Survivors:
Yes
Location:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight off the Maine coast. Upon landing on sea, the aircraft lost a float, came to rest and sank. All three crew members escaped uninjured. The aircraft was landing near the four British ships named HMS Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton when the accident occurred.