Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Scarborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+LL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1144
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near Scarborough, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Wolfgang Scholz-Tautz, observer,
Lt Friedrich-Wilhelm Stappenbeck, pilot,
Uffz Georg Lietzow, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Hupke, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Elveden: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8834
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Brest. While returning to base in the late evening, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Elveden while the crew awaited their landing instructions. The pilot was killed and five other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Loch Lomond Bentley, pilot, †
Sgt T. W. Burke,
Sgt H. Ives,
Sgt K. C. Wilkes,
Sgt W. H. Olrod,
Sgt S. V. Hardman.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina I at RAF Pembroke Dock: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941 at 2000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W8418
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pembroke Dock - Pembroke Dock
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Following a maritime patrol flight, the floatplane was returning to base at RAF Pembroke Dock when it crashed upon landing at night for unknown reasons. Six crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Anthony George William Debonnaire, †
F/Sgt James Soutar Gray, †
F/O Vladimir Victor Havlicek, †
F/Sgt George Edwin Jones, †
F/Sgt Frederick Rees Lewis, †
Sgt Stanley Lockett, †
P/O K. A. W. Paterson,
Sgt W. H. Westby,
Sgt K. B. Murphy,
Sgt G. Missett.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Sibbertoft: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5374
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1732LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sibbertoft, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eugeniusz Jerzy Baracz,
F/O Czeslaw S. Golacki,
Sgt Szeregowiec Zdzisław Kurowski,
Cpt Alfons Antoni Szymon Nowak,
Sgt Henryk Rozpara,
P/O Jan Siwiec.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Denham

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
P1159
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training flight, the crew encountered bad weather conditions and made an emergency landing in Denham. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and both occupants escaped uninjured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF in Sutton-on-the-Forest: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6166
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Church Fenton - Church Fenton
MSN:
9266
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Church Fenton on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Sutton-on-the-Forest. Both crew members were seriously injured and the pilot later died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Henry Tickner, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Turner, observer.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5560
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1710LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It returned early with failing engines, but was ordered to divert to RAF Lindholme. While approaching the runway, the Wellington crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt L. S. Mather,
Sgt R. N. Lonergan,
Sgt A. R. Skuthorpe,
Sgt G. A. Tilley,
Sgt P. J. Campbell,
Sgt Dodds.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V near Egremont: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941 at 2135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM624
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Silloth - Silloth
MSN:
414-2706
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Silloth on a night training exercise. En route, one of the engine caught fire. The airplane lost height and eventually impacted the slope of Mt Dent Fell located northeast of Egremont, Cumbria. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stuart Daniel John Dalgleish, pilot,
Sgt Earle Douglas Parrish, observer,
Sgt Charles Harry Page, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John William Leadill, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88S-1 off Winterton-on-Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S4+DL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1442
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on an operation to England and flying along the coast of Norfolk, the airplane crashed into the sea off Winterton-on-Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Wilhelm Gospodarek, pilot,
Lt Heinrich Deters, observer,
Uffz Heinz Holzapfel, radio operator,
Volkmar Eschke, mechanic.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Mull of Kintyre: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z6350
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise to Tiree. En route, the airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot attempted to divert to Machrihanish. Flying in clouds, the airplane impacted a hill in the Mull of Kintyre and was destroyed upon impact. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur John Gearing, pilot,
Sgt John Edward Orton, pilot,
Cpl Robert Sidney Cohen, observer,
AC2 Peter Gibson Woodward, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain following a fuel exhaustion.