Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Mook: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Mook
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2233LT on July 8 on an operation to Merseburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the city of Mook. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW. Four people (Dutch civilians) on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Eric Henry Coleman, †
F/Sgt Albert Edward Hammond, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Parkes, †
F/Sgt George Donald Barry,
Sgt Lionel William Bovington,
Sgt Henry Septimus Bradbeer,
Sgt Archie Robert Kiddey.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1040
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Maastricht
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2340LT on July 7 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Maastricht. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Douglas James Jamieson, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred George Jesson, pilot,
P/O Grossett Keith Coates, pilot,
Sgt Cyril George Blandon, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Walter Harding, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stanley Burnside, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley
Location:
Bremen
Bremen
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0521LT on an operation to Bremen. Over the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed onto a factory. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Angus Mackillop, pilot,
Sgt Eric Gordon Nethercott, observer,
Sgt George Frederick Entwistle, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5386
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2257LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over Hamburg, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by a Me.110 then crashed in the Kuhwerder Hafen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur Lomax, pilot,
Sgt Horace Edward Meadows, pilot,
P/O Alastair Fulton Struthers, observer,
Sgt Henry Nykerk, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Thomas Relf, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hamburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6630
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2064
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2241LT on June 27 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the center of the city, at Ackermannstrasse. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ray Berysford Edwards, pilot,
P/O Ralph Edward Tidswell, pilot,
Sgt Jeffrey Leon Ransson, observer,
Sgt Laurence Dobinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Brinley Roberts, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Tidbury Green: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
G1+EM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Location:
Tidbury Green
West Midlands
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation to Birmingham. Approaching the city from the south, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Tidbury Green. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Johannes Speck, †
Fw Fritz Muhn, †
Fw Siegfried Rühle, †
Fw Rudolf Budde.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Morpeth

Date & Time: May 7, 1941 at 1205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
A1+CK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
MSN:
3550
Location:
Morpeth
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed on the St George Park Hospital in Morpeth. All five crew members survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Rassloff,
Gefr Emmerich Lernbass,
Uffz Karl Simon,
Gefr Walter Schmidt,
Gefr Heinz Quittenbaum.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88 in Idle: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1941 at 0045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
M2+DK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
MSN:
0656
Location:
Idle
West Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Beaufighter and crashed at High Street in Idle. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW while four people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Ernst Jurgens, pilot,
Oblt Reinhold Metzger, observer,
Obfw Hans Beeck, wireless operator,
Fw Heinrich Janichen, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
Mr. Herbert Jowett,
Miss Elsa Primrose Green,
Mrs. Sarah Boyd,
Mr. John Arthur Boyd, died from injuries sustained on June 10.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Oxford: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1467
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
1607
YOM:
1939
Location:
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Abingdon. While passing over the city of Oxford, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It first hi the western bank of the River Cherwell the slid up Linton Road and eventually crashed on a cottage. All three crew members were killed as well as one people on the ground.
Crew:
P/O Charles Nairn Small, pilot,
P/O William Alexander Munro Halley, observer,
Sgt John Alfred Mochan, wireless operator.
The person who wer killed on the ground was Frances Emma Hitchox.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bristol: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 30, 1941 at 2150 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2905
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
Location:
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Bassingbourn. In the evening, while flying over the city of Bristol, the airplane collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed in the St Andrews Park, bursting into flames. Three crew members were injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Guy Evans, pilot, †
Sgt Charles John Clarke, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Lever, wireless operator, †
Sgt L. H. Houghton,
Sgt J. S. Jones,
Sgt R. Wish.
Probable cause:
Collision with a barrage balloon cable.
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