Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wilhelmshaven: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4343
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a mine laying mission off Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt D. H. Davis, pilot,
P/O Maurice Roy Tagg, pilot, †
Sgt Frederic Stanley Waltho, wireless operator, †
Sgt Andrew McNab Cockburn, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wilhelmshaven: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4363
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell for a mine laying operation off Heligoland. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O B. A. Taylor, †
P/O C. D. Frost, †
Sgt D. H. Dunt,
Sgt H. G. Cumpstey.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939 at 1410 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2962
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 0927LT. Shot down from 10,000 feet by a Messerschmitt Me.110 executing a beam attack at 1410LT. This was the first Wellington to be shot down during the operation and it was seen to dive vertically into the sea following a sharp explosion forward of the astrodome. All five crewmen were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O J. H. C. Speirs,
P/O F. N. Lines,
Sgt R. R. Hammond,
LAC J. H. Sinton,
AC2 W. J. Ellis.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939 at 1230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2940
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0855LT on a reconnaissance flight. Approaching the German coast, the aircraft was probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. No trace of the aircraft nor the five crew members was found.
Crew (9th Squadron):
P/O Eric Francis Lines, pilot,
F/S Alfred Kitto Fearnside, copilot,
AC1 Edward Malcolm George Polhill, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Alex Morrison Dickie, air gunner,
AC2 Clifford Walker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2904
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While on a reconnaissance mission, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The bomber went out of control and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (on behalf of 37th Squadron):
S/L Ian Victor Hue-Williams, pilot,
F/Lt Thomas Gaufrey Wearmouth Appleby, copilot,
F/O Arthur Richard Vaughan Williams, navigator,
Sgt Alister Raymond Norris, observer,
LAC John Arundel Barstow, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Ernest Lowe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2941
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While performing a reconnaissance flight off the German coast, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, went out of control and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven with its port engine on fire. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/O Douglas Bellamy Allison, pilot,
F/O Donald Charles Ephraim Bailey, copilot,
Sgt John Archibald Brister, observer,
Sgt Joseph Buglasi Adamson Turnbull, bombardier,
Cpl Reginald Thomas Black, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Albert George Goodenough, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2939
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
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 0855LT on a reconnaissance mission over Germany. While approaching Wilhelmshaven harbor, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110 fighter and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
F/O John Thomas Irvine Challes, pilot,
P/O Alistair Hugh Richmond Bourne, copilot,
Sgt Frank Michael Mason, observer,
Sgt Thomas Henry English, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Gurth Ernest Cox, air gunner,
AC1 Alexander Telfer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wilhelmshaven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2872
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
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 0900LT on a reconnaissance mission over Germany. While approaching Wilhelmshaven harbor, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L Archibald John Guthrie, pilot,
F/O John Edgar Atkinson, copilot,
Sgt Harold Walter Tyrrell, observer,
LAC Thomas Leo Marlin, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Bertie Joseph Pickess, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Josias Melville Fletcher Key, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Wilhelmshaven: 9 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
WL-AGZG
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kiel - Jever
MSN:
1304
YOM:
1935
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
En route from Kiel to Jever and while approaching Wilhelmshaven, the three engine airplane was mistakenly shot down by Flak from the ship 'Admiral Sheer' and crashed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
FF Kutschbach,
Bf Erwin Preuss,
Bw Baasch.
Passengers:
Cpt Günther Klünder,
Dr. Erhard K. A. Böhm,
Dr. Brinkmann,
Ofw Brammer,
St Fkmt Willi Becker,
Mr. Rohde.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Wilhelmshaven: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N6240
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
MSN:
9337
YOM:
1939
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wattisham at 1600LT on a raid over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Stanley Prince, pilot, †
Sgt George Franklin Booth,
AC2 Laurence Joseph Slattery.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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