Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Kiel

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
DL+AF
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
5781
YOM:
1937
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine floatplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from the harbor of Kiel. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P2082
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation of the Kiel Bay. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Kiel Canal (Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal). All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Humphrey Ridding Oldfield, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stephen Edward Hamilton, observer,
Sgt James Inglis Moyes, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew Robertson, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2971
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Kiel. Lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Reginald Humphrey,
Sgt Horace Cecil Loadsman,
Sgt Denis Isiah Pallett,
Sgt Frank Douglas Walter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kiel

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1827
YOM:
1940
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2325LT on September 10 on an operation to Bremen. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Kiel. All five occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O T. H. Hadley,
P/O J. E. Thompson,
Sgt K. D. Hall,
Sgt W. Hughes,
Sgt W. J. Bull.

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

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1940 at 0137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1171
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
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 a bombing mission over Kiel. While approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Kiel Dockyard. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Redmayne, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Lee,
Sgt Owen Sandford Gander, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt George Elliot Little, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1461
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1601
YOM:
1939
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse to attack the Scharnhorst in Kiel dockyard. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Laurence Herbert McFarlane, pilot, †
P/O Cecil John Trevelyan Jones, pilot, †
Sgt David Leishman, observer, †
W/O J. P. Caldwell, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Eric Archibald Craven, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kiel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4112
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on mine laying operation in the Bay of Kiel. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Bay of Kiel. A crew member was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Sydney Burtenshaw Morley,
P/O Norman Ernest Hore,
Sgt Benjamin Duncan McPherson,
Sgt William Flight Anderson, radio operator,
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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