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Crash of a Heinkel He.111/P4 off Farne Islands: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1940 at 1212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L2+CS
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2694
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a reconnaissance mission over Carlisle. When approaching the British coast, the aircraft was shot down by an RAF fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 miles off the Farne Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H3 off Tynemouth: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While approaching the Northumberland coast on a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter and crashed into the sea, maybe in the region of Tynemouth (unconfirmed). All four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H3 off Tynemouth: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1940 at 1115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+GK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While cruising off the British coast during a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 15 miles off Tynemouth. Three crew members were rescued as two others were killed.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Ofw Fritz Wiemer, pilot,
Fw Franz Schnee, observer,
Uffz Alfred Dietrich, wireless operator,
Uffz Willi Wolff, engineer, †
Uffz Karl-Ernst Thiede, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H2 off Amble: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1940 at 0930 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+HL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising off the British coast on a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the crew of an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the Druridge Bay located south of Amble, Northumberland. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Uffz Walter Remishke, pilot,
Lt Luther von Bruning, observer,
Fw Herbert Panzlaff, wireless operator,
Fw Herbert Peterson, engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H3 off Amble

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+??
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While approaching the British coast on a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the crew of an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the Druridge Bay, south of Amble. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft was lost.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H3 off Tynemouth

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+??
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While approaching the British coast on a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine was shot down by the crew of an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the sea 15 miles east of Tynemouth. All four crew from the 26th Squadron were rescued.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Blyth

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N5199
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thornaby - Thornaby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight off the British coast when both engines failed in flight. The pilot attempted to ditch the aircraft some 10 km off Blyth. The aircraft sank after 45 minutes and all four crewmen were rescued by the crew of a minesweeper.
Crew (608th Squadron):
F/O Johnson,
P/O Lambert,
AC2 Lumley,
Cpl Young.
Probable cause:
Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H2 off Coquet Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+KM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Westerland - Westerland
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising off the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 8 km east of Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4th Squadron):
Fw Helmut Höfer, pilot,
Uffz Richard Feist, observer,
Ogfr Albert Hain, wireless operator,
Gfr Werner Korsinsky, engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF Hurricane.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Acklington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1939 at 1600 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L4072
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Acklington
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the morning to bomb Germans ships mooring off the Norwegian coast. In the afternoon, the crew was returning when he encountered poor weather conditions. On final approach to RAF Acklington, the airplane ran out of fuel and crashed on a church located a mile short of runway. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O James Melville Dundas Irvine, pilot,
Sgt Edward Marshall, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Hainey Potts, †
AC1 Edward Henry Humphry. †
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-1 off Amble: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1939 at 0935 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While approaching the British coast, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 8 km off Amble. All four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of an RAF Hurricane.