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Bremen

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1338
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Bremerhaven
Bremen
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 Waddington to bomb the liners 'Bremen' and 'Europa'. It crashed in unknown circumstances, probably in the target area of Bremerhaven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Thomas Laidlaw Scott Smythe, pilot,
P/O Stanley Cuthbert Wise, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Jones, wireless operator,
F/O Wilfred Francis Ernest Coombes, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Bremerhaven

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9272
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Bremerhaven
Bremen
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 Mildenhall at 2022LT on August 27 on an operation over Kiel. While flying over the area of Bremerhaven, it was shot down by the German Flak. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Maurice George Butt, pilot,
F/Lt Paul François Reginald Vaillant, pilot,
W/O Douglas Haig Gordon Connolly,
W/O John Fender,
W/O Ronald Westmore Saywood,
Sgt Lawrence Francis Mabey.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel HD.24 off Bremerhaven

Date & Time: May 24, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel HD.24
Operator:
Registration:
D-1165
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bremen - Bremen
MSN:
263
YOM:
1927
Location:
Bremerhaven
Bremen
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Bremen on a training mission. En route, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Weser delta, off Bremerhaven. Both pilots were rescued by the crew of the 'SS Lützow' while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf F 19 Ente in Bremen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Focke-Wulf F 19 Ente
Operator:
Registration:
Bremen
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Bremen - Bremen
MSN:
1
YOM:
1927
Location:
Bremen-Neuenland
Bremen
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, Georg Wulf, was in charge to complete a 14th test flight on this revolutionary aircraft. The first test flight was successively completed last 02SEP and 12 others during the following days. While flying in the vicinity of the airport at low height with one engine off, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed on the ground. The pilot was killed and the aircraft named 'Bremen' was destroyed.
Probable cause:
A control rod snapped in flight. German Authorities confirmed the accident was not caused by the 'Canard' design of the aircraft.
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