Vickers 424 Wellington IV

Operator:

Registration:

Z1476

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Hemswell - Hemswell

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1904LT on September 23 to lay mines in the French waters off Lorient. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt T. Sekowski, pilot,
F/O R. Rodzynkiewicz, navigator,
F/O L. Ostaszewski, observer,
Sgt A. Prucheniewicz, wireless operator,
Sgt Antoni Ostrowski, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1942 at 2336 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1219

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Graveley - Graveley

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1902LT on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Friesland, Netherlands. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Arthur Seamark, pilot,
Sgt Richard Lind, navigator,
Sgt Alfred Trewin, wireless operator,
Sgt Nial Thurlow Byrne, air gunner,
Sgt William John Godly, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Düsseldorf: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1480

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Grimsby - Grimsby

Location:

Düsseldorf

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2022LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt G. C. Thomson,
Sgt F. W. Darley,
Sgt J. W. A. Bennett,
P/O A. H. G. Sandon,
Sgt A. M. Clarke.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Essen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1380

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Grimsby - Grimsby

Location:

Essen

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2020LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed while approaching the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Whear,
Sgt L. E. Holland,
F/Sgt D. Udell,
Sgt W. Davis,
F/Sgt J. H. E. Marriott.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Brinkum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0412 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1385

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Breighton - Breighton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 0017LT on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Brinkum, south of Bremen Airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt K. Bennett,
F/Sgt E. K. F. Brasher,
Sgt A. D. Crowther,
Sgt D. W. Johnson,
Sgt W. J. C. Monk.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV Near Düsseldorf: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1477

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Grimsby - Grimsby

Location:

Düsseldorf

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2030LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O S. McHugh,
Sgt G. C. Hyde,
Sgt K. O. Bowers,
Sgt K. H. Reddish,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Giles.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Oud-Beijerland: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942 at 2315 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1258

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Ingham - Ingham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2029LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Beijerland, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Stanisław Waszkiewicz, pilot,
Sgt Jan Wojciech Horoch,
Sgt Borys Karol Sawczuk,
F/O Jerzy Aleksander Wierzbicki,
Sgt Edward Kazimierz Zakielarz.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Cromer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942 at 2155 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

R1695

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Breighton - Breighton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2022LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea some 24 km north of Cromer. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. C. Pearson, †
Sgt L. M. J. Evans,
P/O E. C. Parton, †
Sgt R. W. Lawton,
Sgt J. H. Murphy. †

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Hürth: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z1216

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Breighton - Breighton

Location:

Hürth

Country:

Region: