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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Great Yarmouth

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3164
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1638LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the late evening, one of the engine failed. The airplane ditched in the sea some 20 miles east of Great Yarmouth. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O J. Zajac,
Sgt Garstka,
P/O Maczynski,
Sgt Strzyzewski,
F/O Klewicz,
Sgt Pokrzywa.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

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

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7487
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Aircraft flight hours:
26
Circumstances:
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 an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Great Yarmouth: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1940 at 2200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
T4292
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1945
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1708LT on an operation to Berlin. It was heard on w/t at 1933LT indicating the airplane had developed a severe engine problem and the operation was being terminated. At 2200LT, the bomber crashed in the North Sea some 30 miles east of Great Yarmouth. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Neil Anzac Svenson,
Sgt Edward Frank Wilson,
Sgt Joseph Beattie,
Sgt John Erik Campbell,
Sgt Alfred Russell Fox.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Great Yarmouth: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T1928
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an operation to Germany. While returning to base, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Great Yarmouth. A crew was rescued while both others were killed.
Crew.
Sgt L. E. Gillard,
Sgt Cecil James Watts,
F/O Alan Andrew Campbell.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Great Yarmouth

Date & Time: May 20, 1940 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3200
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2212LT on May 19 to bomb Hamburg and with Mannheim as secondary target. It was hit by Flak and the crew was able to evacuate the area to return to his base. Approaching the British coast with both engines malfunctioning, the captain ditched the airplane some 30 miles off Great Yarmouth. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Lt P. C. Pickard, pilot,
P/O Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Alan Broadley, observer,
Sgt Hannigan,
Sgt Harniman, wireless operator,
Sgt Mills, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Great Yarmouth

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K8833
Flight Phase:
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Manston on a maritime patrol flight with three crew members on board. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. The crew (48th Squadron) fate remains unknown.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth FK.8 in Great Yarmouth

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAET
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
D5150
YOM:
1919
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances and was damaged beyond repair. Both occupants were injured.