Wattisham AFB

Operator:

Registration:

Z7289

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1430LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and crash landed in Kethel, in the suburb of Rotterdam. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Fitzroy Montague Veich Johnstone,
Sgt R. Evans,
Sgt Reginald George Drake.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wattisham

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 1450 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z7299

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane was engaged in an operation to Rotterdam and departed RAF Wattisham when it swung out of control and crashed. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. O'Connell,
Sgt Saunders,
P/O Robertson.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941 at 1427 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z7305

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1154LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea some 15 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Burdon, observer,
Sgt Gilbert Vincent Smith,
Sgt Charles Clinton Topping.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V5491

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on operation 'Circus 78'. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman William Berg, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Gell Harvey, observer,
Sgt James Stanley Fazakerley, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V6515

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an operation off the Norwegian coast. While attacking a convoy, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Selwyn Elmes,
Sgt Howard Daniel Higgins,
Sgt Arthur William Kirby.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z7280

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt John Maxwell Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Allen McManus, observer,
Sgt Wynne Roberts, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Gravelines: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V5854

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the French coast and while leading an attack on a convoy, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Gravelines. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Martin Walter Waddington, pilot,
F/Sgt Ian Newton Forsyth, observer,
F/Sgt Donald Palmer, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z7272

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation off Norderney. Along the Dutch coast, while flying too low, it collided with the mast of a ship and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Morgan,
P/O Crichton Macknight Stickney,
F/Sgt Harold Kenneth Vincent Wyatt.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Gravelines: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941 at 1513 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V6365

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Yes

Site: