Norfolk

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a navigation exercise. When it arrived over RAF Coltishall, it encountered poor visibility and circled for the next 30 minutes, before an engine failed, necessitating an immediate landing. In doing so, the airplane crash landed in a field, seriously injuring at least one airman.
Crew:
Sgt M. Gruber +3.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Cromer: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941 at 2210 LT

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W5720

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it suffered an engine failure and ditched in the sea some 12 miles off Cromer. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/O S. Stenocki, †
P/O E. A. Ladro,
P/O T. S. Skarzynski,
F/O Z. B. Sokolowski,
P/O T. Krzywon,
P/O L. K. Assmann.

Probable cause:

Failure of the port engine while approaching the British coast at night.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Swanton Morley

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 0200 LT

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AD934

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1830LT on October 22 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Swanton Morley where the airplane crashed on approach. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. Mowatt,
Sgt S. Brown,
Sgt T. R. Riddell,
Sgt G. Rex.

Probable cause:

A thick coating of ice on the pilot's windscreen was a contributory factor.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near RAF Methwold: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 0130 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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W7431

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of October 20 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed at 0130LT at Catsholm Farm near RAF Methwold. The crew bailed out but one was killed as a result of doing so.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Lurring Aiken, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Spriggs,
Sgt De Ville,
Sgt Scott,
Sgt Rigby,
Sgt Cook,
Sgt Bain.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Great Yarmouth: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7487

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 20 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising at night off the British coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 18 miles off Great Yarmouth. The body of P/O MacDonald was found few days later on a beach in France but no trace of the rest of the crew was ever found.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O John Charles Lancelot Ruck-Keene, pilot,
P/O George Sinclair MacDonald, copilot,
P/O Howard Stanley Ray, navigator,
F/Sgt John Stewart Cooper, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Donald Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Henry Cubbon, mid upper gunner,
Sgt Herbert Charles Gardner, rear gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Attlebridge: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L9020

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Attlebridge - Attlebridge

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The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Attlebridge when it crashed near the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Patrick Claude Nangle, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard Fullerton, observer,
Sgt Ian Alistair MacDonald, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Cantley

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1941 at 0210 LT

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Z8957

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 0125LT on an operation to Duisburg. While crossing the coast, outbound, the left engine failed. The crew abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Cantley. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/L Dunham,
Sgt Hinwood,
Sgt McKay,
Sgt Wheeler,
Sgt Murray,
Sgt Turner.

Probable cause:

In-flight failure of the left engine.

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

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7278

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