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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD827
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Preetz
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Hemswell at 1950LT on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Preetz, about 15 km southeast of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Frederick Chipperfield, pilot,
F/O Donald Gordon Glennie, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon Donnelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Claude Percival Thomas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Schleswig

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4298
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
MSN:
1951
YOM:
1940
Location:
Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2044LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. While flying over Germany at night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Schleswig. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Lawrence Boyer,
Sgt John Joseph W. Eames,
Sgt Wilfred Francis Hurst,
Sgt John Nugent Avery James,
Sgt Charles Snook.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Kiel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1007
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Alconbury at 1955LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Oppendorf, in the east suburb of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Eric Bundock, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Gamble, pilot,
Sgt John Sharkey, observer,
Sgt Norman Benfield, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stewart Crane, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Sherratt, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Brunsbüttel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
X5902
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
Brunsbüttel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Oulton at 0935LT on a reconnaissance mission. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and probably crashed in the Elbe Estuary, maybe off Brunsbüttel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Michael John Colvie Marks,
Sgt Horace Teeton,
Sgt Irvine Horace Adkins.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.11H-1 in Lübeck

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
5093
Location:
Lübeck-Blankensee
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed while taking off from Lübeck-Blankensee Airport. All four crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Kiel

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
DL+AF
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
5781
YOM:
1937
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine floatplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from the harbor of Kiel. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Heligoland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4396
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Hemswell on an operation to Hamburg. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Colin Deans Chapman,
P/O John Graham Langford,
Sgt Clarence Edward Russell,
Sgt Robert Sinclair.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P2082
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Hemswell on an operation of the Kiel Bay. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kiel Canal (Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal). All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stephen Edward Hamilton, observer,
Sgt James Inglis Moyes, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Robertson, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2971
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. Lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Reginald Humphrey,
Sgt Horace Cecil Loadsman,
Sgt Denis Isiah Pallett,
Sgt Frank Douglas Walter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kiel

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1827
YOM:
1940
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2325LT on September 10 on an operation to Bremen. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Kiel. All five occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O T. H. Hadley,
P/O J. E. Thompson,
Sgt K. D. Hall,
Sgt W. Hughes,
Sgt W. J. Bull.
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