Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Escrick: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1942 at 2030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AP395
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Acaster Malbis - Acaster Malbis
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On a training mission at RAF Acaster Malbis, the crew was approaching the airfield in poor visibility when the aircraft crashed in a field located in Escrick, east of the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew (15th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Neil MacIver, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Winston Cutler, pilot.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III at RAF Snaith: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1942 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3305
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2200LT on an operation to Rostock. Almost immediately after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field, about a mile past the runway end. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Herbert John Thorogood, pilot,
P/O Norman Curtis Lerwill, pilot,
P/O Alan Frederick James, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Chaston, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Kenneth MacLeod, air gunner.
Probable cause:
It was not possible to determine the exact cause of the accident due to the high degree of destruction of the airplane due to the bomb load explosion.

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

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
V5527
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Catfoss - Catfoss
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Catfoss when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons while on approach. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt W. B. Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Harry Shaw, observer. †

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Catfoss

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7087
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Catfoss - Catfoss
MSN:
8040
YOM:
1937
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the airplane ground looped after landing, lost its undercarriage and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in York: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1942 at 0218 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE394
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Took off from Skellingthorpe at 18:40 to attack a railway junction to the west of Koblenz, Germany. For an unknown reason the navigator lost consciousness on the flight but it is thought that he was able to return to his post later. On the return trip the aircraft ran low on fuel due to a navigational error and after crossing the Yorkshire Coast on one engine the aircraft began to ice up. After flying on one engine for some time and with a lack of control of the aircraft the pilot ordered the crew to bail out when the second engine cut out over the York area. The pilot saw one of his crew get clear, assumed that all three crew had all made good their escape and then got himself clear of the aircraft. Sadly the lower escape hatches were jammed shut probably due to the ice formations on the aircraft and the other two airmen were unable to get out of the aircraft before it crashed at 02:18 near to the centre of York on a road named Haleys Terrace. The other airman who the pilot saw get clear of the aircraft was also killed when his parachute failed to deploy properly. The two buried in the same grave are probably the two killed when they were unable to get clear of the aircraft.
Crew:
W/O Ivor Philip Mapp, pilot,
Sgt Hector Francis Thompson, navigator, †
Sgt Francis Reginald Law, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Sidney Ballard, air gunner. †
Source: Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Bridlington: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1330
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1740LT on an operation to Bremen. Believed to have crashed into the sea off Bridlington. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Daniel Joseph Clifford,
F/Sgt Robert Bell Glover,
F/Sgt James Benona Harvey Hill,
Sgt Ronald John Kennedy,
Sgt Robert Charles Mellings,
P/O Astley Cleveland Pickett.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Catfoss

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1183
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Catfoss - Catfoss
MSN:
8466
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Catfoss on a local solo training flight. Just after liftoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The pilot escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O R. Rose, pilot.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V on Mt Simon's Seat

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1941 at 2130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9277
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
MSN:
2341
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1553LT on an operation to Brest. While returning to base in the evening, the crew were unable to obtain any response to their w/t calls asking for a bearing. Subsequently, the pilot broke through the cloud in order to establish his position and in doing so he crashed at 2130LT into high ground at Simon's Seat. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt D. R. Cox,
P/O J. F. Beadle,
P/O R. Franklin,
Sgt R. H. Gale,
Sgt R. Kendall,
Sgt White.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Snaith

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1941 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8849
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane overshot and crash landed at RAF Snaith and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt M. D. Lewis.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near RAF Snaith

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 0015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2618
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1730LT on November 15 on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on approach at Whitney Bridge, some three miles west of the airfield. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O S. G. Ledra,
Sgt R. B. Davenport,
Sgt A. J. Baldwin,
Sgt L. Gray,
Sgt D. S. Bright,
Sgt D. S. Guy.