Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II on the Isle of Wight

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1943 at 1420 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE876
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
MSN:
4219
YOM:
1942
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
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 1220LT on an operation to the airport of Cherbourg-Maupertus, with five other similar airplanes. It was hit by the German Flak and the crew elected to return to base but was eventually forced to make an emergency landing on the Isle of Wight. A crew was injured.
Crew (464th Squadron):
Sgt H. Pilkington, pilot,
Sgt S. W. Wood,
Sgt G. W. Sivell,
Sgt H. S. Fidge, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Hit by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off the Isle of Wight

Date & Time: Feb 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE397
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched of the Isle of Wight. All four crew members were uninjured and rescued.
Crew:
P/O R. A. P. Allesbrook,
Sgt S. Stanbridge,
Sgt J. W. Wilkinson,
Sgt R. L. A. Woolgar.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off the Isle of Wight: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
M2+DH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
1294
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by a Defiant and crashed into The Channel some 30 km off the Isle of Wight. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Karl Rethage, pilot,
Gefr Josef Christ, observer,
Ogefr Wolf Hulterhoff, radio operator,
Uffz Friedrich Griss, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off the Isle of Wight: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3063
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Mannheim. It is believed that it crashed off the Isle of Wight. No trace was found.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony Terence Nicholas Scoltock,
Sgt James Henry Tiedeman,
Sgt Alexander Milne Wood,
Sgt Edwin Samuel Rimes.

Crash of a Fairey IIIF off the Isle of Wight: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Fairey III
Operator:
Registration:
S1400
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing an exercice over The Channel when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances off the coast of the Isle of Wight. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Philip Herbert Agard-Butler,
John Adair Hunter.

Crash of an Avro 555 Bison off Isle of Wight: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Avro 555 Bison
Operator:
Registration:
S1113
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
HMS Furious - HMS Furious
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane was returning to HMS Furious following a reconnaissance mission with three crew members on board. After landing on the ship deck, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and fell in the sea. A crew member was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
F/O Sylvanus George Connolly,
LAC George Frederick Wyborn,
L/T James William Haddow. †

Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 on the Isle of Wight

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1922
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.6
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAWU
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
F3439
YOM:
1921
Location:
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing a plaisance flight over the Isle of Wight when it crashed for unknown reasons. Both occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
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