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Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland MR.5 off Felixstowe

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PP162
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a specific mission consisting of a test of the seaplane in rough seas conditions. Upon landing off Felixstowe, the airplane was hit by strong waves and was considered as damaged beyond repair. The crew was unhurt.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Felixstowe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1940 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3289
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 6 on an operation to The Ruhr. While returning to its base at night, the airplane was shot down and crashed into the sea some 150 yards off Felixstowe. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Ronald Watcyn Jones, pilot,
F/O Alwyn Oswald Laurence Stevens, pilot,
Sgt Cornelius Daniel McColgan Canning, observer,
Sgt Herbert Charles Westley, wireless operator,
P/O Maurice Lowden Gauntlett, air gunner,
Sgt James Fraser.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Felixstowe: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1940 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L6636
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Martlesham Heath - Martlesham Heath
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on a maritime patrol flight, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Felixstowe. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John S. Barnwell, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth L. Long.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P off Felixstowe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1940 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
5J+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Merville - Merville
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Merville Airport to bomb RAF Mildenhall. Approaching Felixstowe, it was shot down by an RAF fighter and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Hptm Hermann Prochnow, pilot,
Oberfw Hermann Wojis, radio operator,
Uffz Franz Heyeres,
Fw Richard Bunk, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Felixstowe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4345
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While returning to RAF Hemswell following a communication mission, the aircraft collided with a balloon barrage cable and crashed near Felixstowe. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Joseph John Watts, pilot,
P/O John Frederick Edward Andrews, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Winstanley, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Jolly, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
In-flight collision with a balloon barrage cable.

Crash of a Supermarine Stranrear into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7297
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Felixstowe - Felixstowe
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The float plane departed Felixstowe on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While flying in poor weather conditions, the airplane crashed into the sea. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Frederick Barber,
F/O Frederick Ernest Royston King,
LAC Donald Fulcher,
AC1 David George Poeten Ash,
AC1 Walter Joseph Jeckells,
AC2 Leslie Samuel Freshwater.

Crash of Supermarine Scapa off Felixstowe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7306
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pembroke Dock – Felixstowe
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
On approach to Felixstowe, the float plane crash in unknown circumstances into the sea some 5 km offshore. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Louis Bissett Cabuzet,
AC1 Peter E. Evans,
AC1 O. T. Edwards,
AC1 Thomas E. Griffiths,
AC1 Keith C. Sherwin.
Passenger:
Mr. Hunter Gray.

Crash of a Felixstowe F.5 off Felixstowe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N4044
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Felixstowe - Felixstowe
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Felixstowe on a training mission on behalf of the 230th Squadron. Shortly after takeoff, the seaplane stalled and crashed in the sea few hundred metres offshore. Two crew members were rescued while four others were killed.
Crew:
S/L Edwin Roland Moon, †
F/O Albert John Fyfield, †
Sub-Lt Guiltherine J. Da Fonseca, †
AC2 Gerald Tipping Bass, †
F/Lt Charles Oscar Modin,
F/O Louis Henry Pakenham-Walsh.

Crash of a Felixstowe F.4 Fury off Felixstowe: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N123
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Felixstowe - Felixstowe
MSN:
1
YOM:
1918
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The five engine seaplane was prepared at Felixstowe for its long trip to South Africa the next day. A last local test flight was scheduled out from Felixstowe with seven crew members on board. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing at a speed of 145 km/h, the aircraft stalled and crashed in the sea some 500 metres offshore. Six crew members were rescued while the seventh was killed. The aircraft was supposed to leave Felixstowe on August 12 on a trip to Durban via Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Khartoum, Victoria Nyanza, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyassa and Beira.
Crew:
Col T. S. M. Fellowes, Office in charge,
Maj Edwin Roland Moon, pilot,
Cpt C. L. Scott, pilot,
Lt J. F. Armitt, chief engineer,
Lt S. E. S. McLeod, wireless operator, †
W/O J. G. Cockburn, mechanic,
W/O H. S. Locker, mechanic.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the aircraft may have been loaded incorrectly. Major Moon at the controls apparently left the water before the safe flying speed and with insufficient power left to draw on, the aircraft stalled.