Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rougham

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941 at 1250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9833
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise, the airplane crashed at 1250LT at Washpit Farm near Rougham. A fire broke out on impact and one crew member was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Tomkins,
Sgt Carroll,
Sgt Gordon.
Probable cause:
The accident was attributed to engine failure and loss of control in the emergency landing that followed.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Berner's Heath: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1722
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1820LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the Berner's Heath range located east of RAF Mildenhall. The pilot was killed and another crew was injured.
Crew:
P/O J. A. Watson, pilot, †
Sgt J. E. Cox,
Sgt R. S. Andrews,
Sgt Wilson,
P/O R. C. Scarlet,
Sgt R. D. Meek.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Rømø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8946
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in the tidal area south of Rømø Island. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Fisk, †
Sgt Logan Carmon Bentley, wireless operator, †
P/O Frank William Wade, †
Sgt Thomas Clifford Bartle,
P/O Ivan Henry Collett,
P/O John Stephen Walters.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Cromer: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941 at 2210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5720
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it suffered an engine failure and ditched in the sea some 12 miles off Cromer. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/O S. Stenocki, †
P/O E. A. Ladro,
P/O T. S. Skarzynski,
F/O Z. B. Sokolowski,
P/O T. Krzywon,
P/O L. K. Assmann.
Probable cause:
Failure of the port engine while approaching the British coast at night.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1168
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Hamburg and crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Barney Walker Shelnut,
Sgt Harold Bell,
Sgt Stanley James Geddes Isherwood,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Pyman,
P/O Edward Millen Sangster,
Sgt Harold Arthur Dagwell Stanley.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Hampstead Norris: 10 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9974
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hampstead Norris - Gibraltar - Luqa
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris bound for Gibraltar, with Malta as its ultimate destination. Almost immediately after takeoff, the bomber crashed, bursting into flames. All 10 occupants who were transferred to the Malta detachment were killed.
Crew:
P/O Clyffurde George Randall Saunders, pilot,
Sgt Hoyt Leslie Steadman, pilot,
Sgt Victor John Hale, observer,
Sgt Allister Nelson Irving, wireless operator,
Sgt David Young Nurse Crosby, wireless operator,
P/O Alan Lodge, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Beard,
LAC Clifford Robson,
Cpl George Ian Frederick Davies,
F/Sgt Harry Higginson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Clonwhite

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1941 at 0730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2506
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2122LT on October 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, the crew got lost. The airplane continued over the Irish Sea and Ireland, and as it ran out of fuel, was abandoned by the crew. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Clonwhite, two miles northwest of Kilmihil, County Clare, and was totally destroyed. All six crew members parachuted to safety and were interned.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Gardner Keefer, pilot,
Sgt Leslie George Diaper, pilot,
P/O John Philip Calder, observer,
Sgt Albert Colin Dalton, radio operator,
Sgt Maurice Bertram Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Virtue, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9828
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1809LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur John Page, pilot,
F/Lt Gordon Frederick Bundey, pilot,
F/Sgt John Robert France,
Sgt Alfred Charles Hayter,
Sgt William Frank Whittington Lewis,
Sgt Donald Roy Thompson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Erwarton

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 0005 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8792
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1815LT on October 22 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base, just past midnight, it crash landed in Erwarton, west of Felixstowe. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. F. L. Tong,
Sgt S. Pizzie,
Sgt R. Durham,
Sgt M. Harris,
Sgt Frost,
Sgt A. J. Gillespie.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Irish Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2624
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While on training mission, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Irish Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frantisek Dittrich, pilot,
Sgt Karel Hurt,
Sgt Otakar Januj,
Sgt Jaroslav Polednik,
Sgt Jaroslav Rolenc.