Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in King's Lynn: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6522
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a bombing practice mission and crashed in unknown circumstances near the King's Lynn railway station. The pilot was injured and the wireless operator was killed.
Crew:
P/O S. R. O. Richmond, pilot,
Sgt John douglas Mackay, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Breedenbroek: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941 at 0100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE120
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2225LT on August 5 on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed onto a house located in Breedenbroek. All four crew members as well as two children in the house were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Leslie Knowles, pilot,
Sgt James Melvin MacIlwraith, observer,
F/Sgt Alexander Philip Price, wireless operator,
Sgt C. Rhodes, air gunner.
Those killed on ground were:
Gerda Johanna Lammers,
Hendrik Lammers.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Brest: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2986
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1030LT on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Turnell Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Mervyn Evans, pilot,
Sgt Stanley George Kybird, observer,
Sgt Frank Lowrey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Stanley Beresford, wireless operator,
Sgt James Hoban, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lincoln: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941 at 0400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD983
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departes RAF Waddington at 2255LT on July 22 on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons on the Greenstones, staff residence for Lindum Hall School for girls at Lincoln. All four crew members as well a Miss Fowler, the senior French mistress were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Macdonald Bruce, pilot,
Sgt William Robert Bain Relyea, observer,
Sgt James Aloysius Connolly, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Joseph Lynch, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Rotterdam

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7362
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1600LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Kruisstraat. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Eric Sydney-Smith, pilot,
P/O Richard Adrian White, observer,
F/Sgt Edmund George Caban, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Rotterdam: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6267
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1517LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Noordsingel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Thomas Noel Partridge, pilot,
Sgt George Arthur Dvorjetz, observer,
F/Sgt John Oscar Noel Smith, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Northampton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6033
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Damaged by the German Flak, the airplane returned to base the following morning but ran out fuel. It was abandoned by the crew and crashed into Gold Street in Northampton. The pilot was killed after he slipped out of his parachute. All six other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Keith Madgwick, pilot,
Sgt C. H. Tourville,
Sgt W. H. Robinson,
Sgt M. Roach,
Sgt A. Chambers,
Sgt J. M. Donlan,
Sgt H. Macrae.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Veendam: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5513
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2252LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near a factory located in Veendam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William George Rowse, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Alfred Harmer, pilot,
P/O John Thomas Monks, observer,
Sgt William Everest, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell John Reynolds, wireless operator,
Sgt Laurence Dominick Coogan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111B in Jeneček: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DA+AZ
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Prague - Prague
MSN:
1120
YOM:
1936
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training exercise at Prague-Ruzyne Airport. On approach, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a house located in the village of Jeneček, near the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Hans Marahrens, pilot,
Cpl Otto Herbst, copilot.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Edinburgh: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+KH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
0714
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the British Flak and crashed near the Lauriston Railway Station in Edinburgh. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Gerhard Gebauer, pilot,
Lt Eduard Erich Becker, observer,
Gefr Fritz Otto Föse, radio operator,
Uffz Hans Steggemann, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the British Flak.