Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Spurn Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1942 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1145
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Spurn Head
East 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 Mildenhall at 1810LT on January 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was damaged by enemy action and while returning to base the following night, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The airplane crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. Two crew members were rescued and four others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas George Cottier, pilot, †
P/O Clifford Herbert Lomas, †
F/Sgt Lloyd Charles Powell, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Noel Pugh, †
Sgt A. E. Cox,
Sgt J. A. H. Lucas.
Probable cause:
Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Spurn Head

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1941 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9811
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
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 Snaith at 1905LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crash landed on a sand bank in Spurn Head. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Dickenson +5.
Probable cause:
In-flight collision with a barrage balloon cable.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Spurn Head: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1941 at 0157 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1288
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2215LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Spurn Head. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Hugh Gavin Lydford Lawson,
Sgt James Noel Murray,
Sgt John Nevil Huddlestone,
Sgt Alfred Ernest Waters,
Sgt Eric Routledge,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Thomas Heslop, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1940 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4093
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
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 in the evening of November 3 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and while approaching the British coast, it crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clare Arthur Connor, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Norris, radio operator,
Sgt James William Chesterton Gibson,
Sgt Geoffrey Harry Stubbings.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Spurn Head

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1940 at 2100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4966
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1693
YOM:
1940
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1938LT on an operation to Antwerp. While outbound, the starboard engine failed and the bomber was ditched in the sea some 20 miles off Spurn Head at 2100LT. All five crew members took place in a dinghy and were rescued at 0030LT by a trawler.
Crew:
S/L Kenneth Francis Ferguson RAF, pilot,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Walter Fraser, observer,
Sgt Ernest Cummings, wireless operator,
Sgt Mark Niman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 off Spurn Head: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1940 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+GZ
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Amsterdam - Amsterdam
MSN:
245
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on a mission over England. Approaching the British coast at night, it was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Blenheim and crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Gustav Schramm, pilot,
Gefr Hans Roth, radio operator,
Obfw Fritz Zenkel, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Spurn Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
L4465
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
8326
YOM:
1939
Location:
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
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 North Coates on a mine laying mission over the Elbe River. While cruising at night, the crew reported engine failure when the airplane crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur R. Fordham, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Greenwood, observer,
AC1 Joseph Wells, wireless operator,
LAC Edmund W. J. Picot, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.
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