Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I at RAF Steeple Morden

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4382
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Steeple Morden. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. All crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt D. G. Falconer.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Leytonstone: 11 killed

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9905
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Steeple Morden on a training operation on behalf of the 11th OTU. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions and the airplane crashed into Harrow Green School at Leytonstone. All six crew members as well as five people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Sharrock Taylor, pilot,
Sgt William Mance, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Ernest Jowett, observer,
Sgt Arthur Wilfred Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt Allen Charles Elliott Rogers, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur James Foote, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
Henry Arthur Edwards,
Joseph G. Smith,
James Edward Gorham,
Walter G. Black,
Albert Edward Stanlon.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA at RAF Steeple Morden

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7780
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The bomber crashed upon landing at RAF Steeple Morden and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.