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Crash of a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress in Gosport

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
FK191
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
2332
YOM:
1941
Location:
Gosport
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Overshot on landing and was damaged beyond repair. No casualties.

Crash of a Supermarine Walrus off Ravenna

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Supermarine Walrus
Operator:
Registration:
L2170
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Ravenna-La Spreta
Emilia-Romagna
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taking off from the bay of Ravenna, the seaplane hit rough sea and waves prior to coming to rest. No casualties.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster near Åseral: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
PB461
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Åseral
Agder
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft was flying in formation with another RAF Lancaster registered PB691. While cruising over the south part of Norway, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the slope of a wooded hill. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O W. R. Sinclair,
Sgt S. B. Morgan,
F/O G. H. Kendall,
F/S K. Mannion,
F/S T. D. Cremins,
F/S E. J. Hobbs,
F/S Oliver Gaon.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster near Åseral: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
PB691
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Fulbeck - Fulbeck
Location:
Åseral
Agder
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft was flying in formation with another RAF Lancaster registered PB461. While cruising over the south part of Norway, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the slope of a wooded hill. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (189th Squadron):
F/Lt G. B. White,
Sgt J. B. Clayton,
F/O H. L. Shepherd,
F/O E. A. Underwood,
Sgt W. A. Gamble,
F/O A. W. Heughan,
Sgt N. Summers.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina on Mt Beenoskee: 9 killed

Date & Time: Dec 19, 1944 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
JX208
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Location:
Mt Beenoskee
Munster
Country:
Ireland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
En route, while cruising by night and marginal weather conditions, the seaplane hit the slope of Mt Beenoskee located southwest of Castlegregory, Kerry, Ireland. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony Basil Langton, pilot,
F/Sgt E. Williams, copilot,
Sgt P. L. Lowe, navigator,
G. A. Cuthbert, mechanic,
F/Sgt I. R. Perkins, flight engineer,
R. Wotherspoon, wireless operator and air gunner,
R. F. Durrant, wireless operator and air gunner,
H. G. Aldrich,
A. R. Lewis.
Source: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/jx208.html

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Lewedorp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
NG302
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Lewedorp
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Skellingthorpe at 1612LT on a bombing mission to Munich. While flying over The Netherlands, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in Lewedorp, east of Vlissingen. All 7 crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt M. J. MacLeod 6.

Crash of a Martin 187 Baltimore IIIA in RAF Taftîsh Gianaclîs

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Martin 187 Baltimore
Operator:
Registration:
FA262
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Taftîsh Gianaclîs - Taftîsh Gianaclîs
Location:
Taftîsh Gianaclîs AFB
Beheira
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After take off from RAF Taftîsh Gianaclîs, while climbing to a height of 1,800 feet, the aircraft collided with birds that hit the left wing. The captain decided to return and completed a safe landing without further problem. While all four crew members were unhurt, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Bird strike during initial climb.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Edale

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
N9853
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Newton – Millom
Location:
Edale
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training mission from RAF Newton to RAF Millom. While cruising in cloudy conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Edale Moor located in the Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve, northwest of Edale. All five occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (16th FTS):
F/Lt A. Chelstowski, pilot,
F/Sgt S. Pasinski, wireless operator.
Passengers:
F/Lt A. Mecinski,
F/Lt Witold Suida,
F/O Jan Kilmczak.
Source & photos:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictn9853.htm

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK in RAF Crosby: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
KG639
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
13451
YOM:
1944
Location:
Crosby AFB
Cumbria
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the pilot.

Crash of an Avro 652 I in Craigronald Hill: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
EG693
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Location:
Newton Stewart
Dumfries and Galloway
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft had taken off from Millom in southwest Cumbria for a navigation and bombing exercise, while flying south over the mountains of southern Scotland the aircraft struck the snow covered northern slope of Craigronald. The crash was reported fairly quickly and a Mountain Rescue Team was sent out form Wigtown, when they arrived they found 1 crew member alive but he died before reaching hospital.
Crew (2nd AFU):
F/Sgt Colwyn Parker Angus, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Schneider, navigator,
Sgt John Walter Melhuish, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Richard Ridehalgh, wireless operator.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/scotland/scotlandeg693.htm
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