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Baden-Württemberg

Crash of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator in Heiligenberg: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Heiligenberg
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Was hit by Flak and crashed in a field near Heiligenberg, northwest of Friedrichshafen. Six crew were killed while four others were injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Flak.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 on Mt Eichelspitze: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Freiburg im Breisgau - Freiburg im Breisgau
MSN:
0220
YOM:
1927
Location:
Mt Eichelspitze
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Freiburg im Breisgau on a training mission with four crew members on board. En route, it impacted the slope of Mt Eichelspitze. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Obaz Karl-Heinz Misselwitz, pilot, †
Hptm Fritz Kröning, observer, †
Hptm Erhard Borgstede, observer,
Gefr Herbert Descher, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24T-2 off Friedrichshafen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
CH+EY
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Friedrichshafen - Athens
MSN:
033
Location:
Friedrichshafen-Bodensee
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Friedrichshafen, en route to Athens, the floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Bodensee. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Wilhelm Arndt, pilot,
Fw Josef Wute, observer,
Ofw Karl Lierse, radio operator,
Ogfr Albert Feichert, air gunner,
Uffz Johann Wehling, air gunner,
Hgefr Hans Wald, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Bruchsal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1218
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Bruchsal
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1845LT on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bruchsal. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis Albert Titicomb, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Albert George Ragg, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Ronald Roderick Walker, wireless operator, †
Sgt Randal Manliff Gifford.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC on Friesenheimer Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Friesenheimer Island
Baden-Württemberg
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 Marham at 2304LT on October 13 on an operation to Munich. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on Friesenheimer Island located north of Mannheim. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Leighton Browne, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Harry Ewart Dearden, pilot,
Sgt Peter William Jarrett, observer,
Sgt Mervyn Stanley Preece, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Frederick Widdecombe, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Parker Stewart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Weinheim

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9762
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Weinheim
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1931LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. It crashed in Weinheim and all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Robert Boyd,
W/O Charles Walter Heathman,
Sgt James Arthur Key,
Sgt Charles William George King,
Sgt Robert Mutch,
Sgt Alan Saxton.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Mannheim

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5552
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Mannheim. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Cass,
Sgt Kenneth Allan Cometti,
Sgt Charles Bernard Elsdon,
Sgt Douglas Clair Jackson,
Sgt Clifford Westley Lewis,
Sgt Frederick Gordon Pett.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Plankstadt: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE220
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Plankstadt
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2140LT on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Planstadt, southwest of Heidelberg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Allan Frederick McGruer, pilot,
P/O James Paul Erly, observer,
Sgt James Walter Goddard, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Leonard Powell Rawlinson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Mannheim: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5485
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg
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 Driffield at 2234LT on August 5 on an operation to Karlsruhe. It was shot down over Mannheim and crashed in Neckarau, south of the city. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Benedict Warren Melvill Jones, pilot,
Sgt Warren Steen Denby, pilot,
P/O Harry Brant, observer,
F/Sgt Richard Neilson Barcroft, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond John David, wireless operator,
Sgt Granville Fallows Lister, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4152
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1845
YOM:
1940
Location:
Öhringen
Baden-Württemberg
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 Leeming at 1756LT on October 21 to bomb an aircraft components factory based in the region of Stuttgart. While approaching from the north, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Öhrigen, about 50 km northeast of Stuttgart. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Allan Smith Phillips, pilot,
Sgt David Bruce Gordon, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Lofthouse, observer,
Sgt Christopher Parker Mapplethorpe, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian George Wills, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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