Royal Air Force - RAF

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Hampstead Norris - Hampstead Norris

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The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris on a local training exercise. After a night takeoff, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height. It collided with trees located one mile past the runway end and crashed. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Albert Flemming, pilot, †
Sgt James Victor Gardiner, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Medley, wireless operator, †
Sgt P. K. Briggs,
Sgt J. A. Saunders,
Sgt C. Hirst.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Ayr

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 1735 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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W7452

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Lakenheath - Ayr

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath on a training mission to Ayr. After landing, it was wrecked at 1735LT after ground looping in order to avoid running through the boundary fence. A violent skid developed, during which one of the main oleo legs collapsed. All eight crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. Austin,
Sgt Lewis,
Sgt Robinson,
Sgt Heron,
Sgt Watkins,
Sgt Green,
Sgt Barritt,
Sgt Gwyther.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II at RAF Lossiemouth

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 1112 LT

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R9371

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Military

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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Leeming - Lossiemouth

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After a transit flight from RAF Leeming, the airplane landed at RAF Lossiemouth and suffered a brake failure on a very wet runway. The airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar. It was damaged beyond repair and both crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt L. Whyte,
P/O E. R. Senior.

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Failure of the brakes after touchdown.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Dreumel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0600 LT

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Z8409

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0204LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dreumel. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Michael Sedgwick Duder, pilot, †
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Menshek, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Ian Campbell Wood, observer, †
Sgt George Edward Warren, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Crouch, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. G. Macey, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0411 LT

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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X3641

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0031LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Doughty,
P/O Thomas George Hubert Gulliver,
Sgt James Heslop,
Sgt Ewen Ritchie Stirling,
F/O Cyril Douglas Waddingham,
F/Sgt Derek Shergold Drury Welsh.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Oranje: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0349 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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R5779

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0150LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a canal in Oranje. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Ward Cooper, pilot, †
Sgt James Thomson Heggie Mowat, pilot, †
Sgt Michael John Carlton Cross, observer, †
Sgt Charles Broad, air gunner, †
Sgt George William Dalby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred F. Key,
Sgt George W. Rex.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Enkhuizen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0324 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7426

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Scampton - Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2250LT on March 8 on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed into the Ijsselmeer, some three km off Enkhuizen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Christopher Ronald Frost, pilot,
P/O Ian Frederick Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt William Durham Biltcliffe, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Grunwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Reginald Ray, air gunner,
P/O William Arthur Harris, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Howard Stone, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Loenen: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0305 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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N3673

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Plain, Valley

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Wyton - Wyton

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed three km west of Loenen. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George William Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Ronald Max Disley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Andrew Cross, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Francis Hooper Tuck, flight engineer,
P/O Albert John Rampton, observer,
Sgt Harry Walter Trevor Bidgood, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Carl Stuart CAarruthers, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald McCallum, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Leonard Hartley Phillips, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V at RAF North Coates: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0210 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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AM877

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