Morpeth AFB | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Rady for takeoff, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered W5139 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and all four occupants escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Lac A. Skinner +3.

Probable cause:

It seems that crew from W5139 used the wrong runway for landing.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I at RAF Morpeth: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Blackburn B-26 Botha

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W5139

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Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Morpeth - Morpeth

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3291/22

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1941

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The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Upon landing, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered L6339 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and one crew was killed, three others were injured.
Crew:
Lac John Wignall, †
Lac B. H. White,
Sgt J. Zalenski,
Lac H. Wilford.

Probable cause:

It seems that crew from W5139 used the wrong runway for landing.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Morpeth

Date & Time: May 7, 1941 at 1205 LT

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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A1+CK

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3550

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The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed on the St George Park Hospital in Morpeth. All five crew members survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Rassloff,
Gefr Emmerich Lernbass,
Uffz Karl Simon,
Gefr Walter Schmidt,
Gefr Heinz Quittenbaum.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.