Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Kiel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943 at 2206 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4767
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1642LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Hohenzollernplatz just behind the Lutheran church in Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Woolford, pilot,
Sgt Francis Bernard Andrews,
Sgt John Henry Worrow,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Slade,
Sgt Lister Noble,
Sgt Ronald Waudby,
Sgt Gavin McMurray Hair, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Kiel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5630
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1707LT on an operation to Berlin. Believed to have been shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Kiel. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt A. J. G. Timmins, pilot,
F/O Angus Mackay Murray, †
Sgt George Albert Newman, †
Sgt L. Goldwyn,
Sgt James Sidney Atkin, †
Sgt Ronald William Read, †
Sgt Joseph Martin, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24T-2 off Kiel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1942 at 1045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CH+ES
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kiel - Kiel
MSN:
027
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Kiel, the seaplane climbed to a height of about 50 metres then stalled and crashed into the Kieler Förde. Five crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Obfw Paul Todte, pilot, †
Obfw Fritz Zimmermann, pilot, †
Uffz Harald Kappmayer, observer, †
Gefr Herbert Meck, radio operator,
Gefr Leonhardt Kiessling, radio operator,
Fw Clemens Mielewski, mechanic, †
Ogfr Fritz Kalbacher, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of a locked pins blocking the elevator and rudder control.

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

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1942 at 0228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV768
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons into the Bay of Kiel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Walter George Avent, pilot,
Sgt Allan John Hyde, pilot,
Sgt Harold Frank Vernon Wheway, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Kenneth Moyle Newman, wireless operator,
Sgt Gwilym Thomas Owen, air gunner,
Sgt Fernley Thomas Williams, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Kiel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1942 at 0228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8342
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of April 28 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it crashed into the Bay of Kiel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Spray, pilot,
Sgt Robert George Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Alan Robertson Holmes, observer,
Sgt Colin Black Climie, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Laurence Munns, wireless operator,
Sgt William Lloyd Huxley, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Kiel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 0024 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3462
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Passing over Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Johannesstrasse 9. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Perrott Bell, pilot,
Sgt Franklyn Bertram Cran, pilot,
Sgt Claude Joseph Harris, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Gilliam Allen, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Richard Cross, air gunner,
Sgt James William Hinton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Kiel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5440
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of February 25 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area.
Crew:
P/O Edward Akeroyd Bairstow, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Fox, pilot,
P/O Eric Tunnington, observer,
Sgt Rupert Vivian Pereira Ennor, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Wakefield, wireless operator,
Sgt George Selwyn Long-Innes, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kiel: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941 at 0551 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE256
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak, entered a dive and crashed on a searchlight battery. All four crew members as well as four German soldiers on ground were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Cubitt Blamey, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Tyrrell Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Barton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Conyers Wright, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Kiel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1941 at 0109 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9150
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2284
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1805LT on September 29 on an operation to Stettin. Approaching Kiel, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the Old Levensauer Bridge located northwest of Kiel, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Harry Keeling Pedley, pilot,
P/O Edgar Gordon Smith, pilot,
Sgt Harold Walton McColm, observer,
Sgt Ronald William Dunkley, wireless operator,
Sgt John Clifton Hiltz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 off Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6+MK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
310060
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Möltenort, north of Kiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Bernahrd Seif, pilot,
Gefr Karl Grüber, radio operator,
Fw Josef Franz Nowarra, mechanic,
Gefr Heinz Heinrich Splettstösser, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.