Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura I off Calais: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943 at 1105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AE717
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4060
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 0957LT on an operation to Courtrai-Wevelghem. Approaching Calais, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 8 km north of the city. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Percy Moodey, pilot,
Sgt Glencoe Henry Collins,
Sgt Leslie Sutcliffe Lovatt,
Sgt Sydney Scott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II off Calais

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AE781
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
MSN:
4124
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1420LT to bomb the Saint-Omer Aerodrome, with 11 other similar aircraft. While approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Flak. With both engine on fire, it was impossible for the pilot to continue the mission so all four crew members bailed out. The aircraft crashed some 300 metres offshore and was lost. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew (464th Squadron):
P/O Philip Roy Roberts, pilot,
P/O Philip Charles Middleton, navigator,
F/Sgt John Dowling, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Francis Webb, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Calais

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
W1059
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2310LT on July 29 on an operation to Saarbrücken. While returning to base the following night and flying off the Belgian coast, it was badly damaged by a German fighter. The pilot was eventually forced to ditch the airplane into the sea off Calais. All seven crew members were picked up 14 hours later by an air sea rescue.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles George Dennis, pilot,
Sgt Griffiths, flight engineer,
Sgt P. P. Smith, navigator,
Sgt Newman, bomb aimer,
Sgt Keikibelt, wireless operator,
Sgt R. Grey, air gunner,
F/Sgt W. Dewhurst, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Calais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5493
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Manston at 1054LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Calais. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Thomas Herbert Downes,
Sgt Gordon Wilfred Hickman,
Sgt Reginald Ridgman-Parson.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Calais: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M7+CL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4245
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Calais, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Oblt Bernhard van Bechtolsheim, pilot,
Gefr Josef Möller, observer,
Uffz Alfons Jarrosch, radio operator,
Fw Heinz Gerstner, mechanic.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Calais: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9835
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
MSN:
8995
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF St Eval at 1455LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. Approaching Calais, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard Arthur Oakley, pilot,
Sgt Arthur George Hayman, observer,
Sgt Arthur James Croker, radio operator,
Sgt Kenneth George Rowley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Calais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1940 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2036
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Detling - Detling
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1845LT on an operation to Calais (Aerodrome of Marck). Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Fort Nieulay, west of the city. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Charles Mallon, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Philip Whetton, observer,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Shackleford, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Calais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940 at 1740 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z5725
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island to attack a convoy of invasion barges and support vessels located in the English Channel, 8 miles off Calais France. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alexander William Valentine Green,
P/O Peter Claude Wickings-Smith,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Haig Watts.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Calais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940 at 1740 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9396
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island to attack a convoy of invasion barges and support vessels located in the English Channel, 8 miles off Calais France. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Frederick William Flood,
P/O Norman Basil Shorrocks,
Sgt Bruce Robertson Sharp.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Calais: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4371
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Calais. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea while approaching the target. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Douglas John Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Ronald James Brading,
Sgt Herbert George Lacey,
Sgt Bernard Newman Westhorp, wireless operator and air gunner.