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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Chellaston

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6648
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2082
YOM:
1941
Location:
Chellaston
Derbyshire
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 Topcliffe at 2026LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed at Chellaston on the southern outskirts of Derby. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt D. W. Mercer,
Sgt Gardiner,
Sgt Armstrong,
Sgt Hemming,
Sgt Taylor.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Wells-next-the-Sea

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE305
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2035LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed near Wells-next-the-Sea and was damaged beyond repair after it passed beneath telephone wires and slid through two hedges. The crew escaped unhurt.
Crew:
F/S F. A. Titcomb,
Sgt R. M. Gifford,
Sgt Raynes,
Sgt Christy.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Wittering

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0510 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2919
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Wittering AFB
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2035LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed near RAF Wittering. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt N. G. Glenn,
Sgt W. Dalgleish,
Sgt D. H. Mudd,
Sgt Tullin.

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

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0450 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD978
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Grimston
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2005LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed on Stone Pit Hills near Grimston. All four crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew.
W/Cdr H. V. Satterley,
Sgt K. Rogers,
Sgt J. R. Cross,
Sgt H. Yardley.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Kirton: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6946
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2238
YOM:
1941
Location:
Kirton
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2056LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in Rectory Lane in Kirton. A house was badly damaged and a 4 year old girl was slightly injured. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Donald Machell Bozer, pilot,
F/Sgt Seward Terry Modeland, pilot,
P/O Jackson Corwin Nixon, observer,
F/Sgt Lawrence Milbert Bowen, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Frederick Jaggers, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5434
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Stapleford
Essex
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 Feltwell at 2025LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor visibility. Flying too low, the bomber collided with a house and crashed in Bar Lane, Stapleford. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lindsay Thomas Hutchison, pilot,
Sgt Forbes McNeill, pilot,
Sgt Francis Kenneth Crossley, observer,
F/Sgt Lloyd Theodore Lawson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Augustin Charles Turgeon, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Enright Soles, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Waddington

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE157
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Waddington AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1935LT on September 2 on a mine laying operation. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Waddington where it crashed upon landing in poor visibility and collided with a parked Hampden. Both airplanes were damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
P/O Ferrie,
P/O Bartley,
Sgt Holland,
Sgt Hawkins.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Dorking: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD913
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Dorking
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2025LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While over the target, the port engine failed and after struggling to return to base on one engine, the Hampden was abandoned at 02345LT near Dorking. It is believed that Sgt Stephens failed to leave the aircraft as his body was found close to the wreckage.
Crew:
Sgt James Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt F. G. Spanner,
Sgt K. Knight,
Sgt C. F. Churchill.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near RAF Kenley

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8815
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Kenley AFB
Surrey
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 2000LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF Kenley. All six crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Dickenson +5.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Saint Margaret's at Cliff

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5563
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Saint Margaret's at Cliffe
Kent
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 Lindholme at 2013LT on September 2 on an operation to Frankfurt. While outbound, over Oudenaarde, Belgium, it was hit by the German Flak which causedc a fire in the starboard engine. The pilot turned about, but the port engine subsequently failed and the bomber was ditched 7 miles off the South Foreland near ST Margaret's at Cliff. All six crew members were rescued by HSL147.
Crew:
Sgt Molata,
F/O Drzechowski,
F/O Jarkewski,
Sgt Kratowchil,
Sgt Reng,
Sgt Czech.
Probable cause:
Damaged by the German Flak.
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