Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5529
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Lindholme AFB
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local test flight at RAF Lindholme. The port engine failed and the bomber crashed while trying to make a single engine landing. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. Szybka,
Sgt J. Duda,
LAC F. Matysiak,
LAC S. Jablonski.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1941 at 0135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5557
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Lindholme AFB
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1943LT on September 26 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed on final approach. All six crew members were seriously injured and four of them died within the next day.
Crew:
Sgt Eugeniusz Buszko, †
Cpl Tadeusz Korczyk, †
Cpl Jerzy Slawomir Leyche, †
Cpl Wiktor Wasilenko, †
P/O S. Barzdo,
Sgt Z. Pisarek.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Le Havre: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5526
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Le Havre
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1927LT on an operation to Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr James Kenneth Montague Drysdale, pilot,
F/Lt Walter Ronald Gardiner, pilot,
F/Sgt William Charles Wheatley, observer,
F/Sgt John Desmond Truscott, wireless operator,
F/Lt William Charles Ward, air gunner,
F/Lt Ithel David Jeremy, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Saint Margaret's at Cliff

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5563
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Saint Margaret's at Cliffe
Kent
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2013LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While outbound, over Oudenaarde, Belgium, it was hit by the German Flak which causedc a fire in the starboard engine. The pilot turned about, but the port engine subsequently failed and the bomber was ditched 7 miles off the South Foreland near ST Margaret's at Cliff. All six crew members were rescued by HSL147.
Crew:
Sgt Molata,
F/O Drzechowski,
F/O Jarkewski,
Sgt Kratowchil,
Sgt Reng,
Sgt Czech.
Probable cause:
Damaged by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5463
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2119LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Majewski,
Cpt Alfons Miondlikowski,
Sgt Jan Plachta,
Sgt Stanisław Stankiewicz,
Sgt F. Wardenski,
Sgt S. Przecławski.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Serinchamps: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5593
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Serinchamps
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme in the evening of August 5 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Serinchamps. Three crew members were killed, one became PoW and two others evaded.
Crew:
S/L S. Scibior, pilot,
Sgt M. Kowalski,
Sgt Wacław Rybak, †
F/O Mieczysław Julian Saferna, †
F/O Jerzy Jan Stanisław Sukiennik, †
Sgt S. Tomicki.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Opperdoes: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1941 at 0224 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9620
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Opperdoes
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2305LT on July 24 on an operation to Emden. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Opperdoes. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Leszek Jerzy Karcxzewski,
Lt Jan H. G. Musial, pilot,
Maj Stanisław Wincenty Rzepa,
Sgt Bolesław Salamon,
Sgt Zygmunt Witkowski,
Pvt Zbigniew Zuwala.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Lindholme: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD897
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lindholme - Finningley
Location:
Lindholme AFB
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from RAF Lindholme, while climbing, the airplane went out of control, got inverted and crashed near the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Ronald Bousfield, pilot,
AC1 Herbert Leslie Reed, observer,
Sgt James Edward Stanley Burke, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Hopkin Tittley, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941 at 0114 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2250LT on July 16 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert George Mitchell,
Sgt Roy William Owen,
P/O Henry Moncrieff Owens,
F/Sgt Douglas Edward Russell.

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

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE230
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Wettrup
Lower Saxony
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 Lindholme at 2220LT on July 12 on an operation to Bremen. Over Germany, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Wettrup. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Austin, pilot,
Sgt Donald Onions, pilot,
F/Sgt William Mclaren Crichton, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Anthony Otho Windsor Mitchell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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