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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Sherbourne: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942 at 0020 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9229
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2334
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base, the airplane suffered an engine failure. Unable to maintain height, it crashed near Sherbourne, about three miles southwest of Warwick. Four crew members were killed and a fifth parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Paterson Connell, pilot, †
P/O Edwin Morris Hooper, observer, †
F/Sgt John Winslow Alexander Giffin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Harding Roan, wireless operator, †
P/O J. Spalding.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 in Nuneaton

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1942 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+IN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
1191
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation to England. It was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed in Nuneaton. All four crew members became PoW, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Ofw Paul Wolf, pilot,
Uffz Willi Wieland, observer,
Ogfr Hans Vacano, radio operator,
Ofw Herbert Leppien, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1941 at 1825 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9625
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wellesbourne Mountford - Wellesbourne Mountford
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. Unable to line up, the pilot-in-command initiated a go-around procedure when the airplane impacted trees and crashed. All four crew members were seriously injured but three of them later died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O James Eric Allen, pilot, †
Sgt John Herbert Arthur Cox, pilot, †
W/O Allan David Cuthbert, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. Allen.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1941 at 1815 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2566
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wellesbourne Mountford - Wellesbourne Mountford
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on a local training exercise. After completing several circuits, the crew initiated an approach to runway 24 when he encountered heavy snow falls. The pilot-in-command lost visual contact with the runway lights and lost control of the airplane that lost height, impacted trees and crashed, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O James Lynas, pilot, †
P/O William Joseph Turner, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Rees Chancellor, wireless operator, †
P/O R. J. Jackson,
Sgt W. A. Lane.

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

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941 at 1345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6740
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2128
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise, the airplane suffered an in-flight fire and crashed in Alveston. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alexander William Ogston, pilot,
P/O John Askey Quick, pilot,
P/O Anthony Winslow Tomlinson, observer,
Sgt Hector John MacLean, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry John Gibbs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
The accident was the consequence of an in-flight fire which resulted in a structural failure of the main plane.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P2083
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2240LT on May 26 on a mine laying operation off Brest. While returning to base the following night, it crashed while tryin to land at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Laurance Arthur Forty, pilot, †
Sgt G. Wood,
Sgt R. Thompson,
Sgt M. G. Lines.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.84 Dragon II near Pillerton Hersey: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AW173
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6110
YOM:
1936
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Fosse Bury Farm, near Pillerton Hersey. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Tadeusz Walczak, pilot,
Sgt Tamaz Tubis.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Fenny Compton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1459
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wittering - Wittering
MSN:
8742
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wittering on a training exercice. While cruising in clouds, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in a field. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Benjamin Raven, pilot,
P/O Anthony Stewart Peter, observer.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Bidford-on-Avon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1153
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
MSN:
8436
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wyton on a night training exercice. En route, the pilot became lost and the aircraft ran out of fuel. The crew decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Bidford-on-Avon. Two crewmen were uninjured while the third was killed after his parachute failed.
Crew:
P/O Malcom Llewellyn McColm, pilot,
Cpl David Owen Day, observer, †
LAC James Hamilton Gordon, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.12 in Maxstoke: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1918 at 1515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D4593
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Castle Bromwich - Castle Bromwich
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Castle Bromwich for a test flight, carrying five engineers and two crew members. En route, the twin engine aircraft suffered technical problems with a wing, lost height and crashed in a field located in Maxstoke. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Robert Edward Macbeth,
Lt Frederick James Bravery,
1st Air Mechanic James Benjamn May,
2nd Air Mechanic Albert J. Winrow,
2nd Air Mechanic H. Simmonds,
3rd Air Mechanic Charles William Offord,
3rd George Greenland.