Crash of a Vickers 619 Wellington X in RAF East Moor

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 619 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
NC725
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
East Moor AFB
North 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 crew were undertaking a cross country training flight when, three hours into the flight the pilot noticed the gauges on his panel showed the starboard engine had lost oil pressure. The pilot feathered the engine believing it was failing. He then attempted a hurried forced landing at RAF East Moor at 1345LT but touched down too far along the runway and as the aircraft ran off the end of the runway, the aircraft's undercarriage was raised to stop the aircraft.
Crew (10th OTU):
F/O Geoffrey Wright Burt, pilot 4.
Source:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/nc725.html
Probable cause:
An investigation found there to have been no problem with the engine but a faulty oil pressure gauge on the pilot's panel made him think that the engine had failed when actually there was no problem.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Averbode: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1943 at 0048 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
LN296
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Averbode
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2256LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Averbode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Herbert Brinton, pilot,
F/Sgt John Philpott Bishop, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Geoffrey Rothera, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Fred Albert Reynolds, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric Charles Blackman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Hamme-Mille: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0258 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Hamme-Mille
Walloon Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2306LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamme-Mille, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Leo Frederick O'Leary, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Burgess Peart, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Keay, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Matthew Meech, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harold Stanley Hicks, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Houthalen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF457
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Houthalen
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Houthalen. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Alfred Sneath, pilot, †
P/O Robert Gordon Clarke,
P/O Athol Bury Drummond-Hay,
Sgt James Theodore Hindley, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Oliver Hills, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Rees: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ312
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Rees
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 East Moor at 2328LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. After crossing the Dutch / German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 3 km north of Rees, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Joseph Logan Savard, pilot,
F/O John Scott MacIntyre, navigator,
W/O Joseph Claude Albert Laberge, bomb aimer,
W/O John Allen, wireless operator,
P/O Joseph Oscar Rosario Bonenfant, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oudenbosch: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0221 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE981
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Oudenbosch
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2327LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudenbosch. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Lionel Frederick Lown, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur James Sieffert, navigator,
W/O John Kenneth Wood, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alfred Spencer Rhodes, wireless operator,
W/O William Henry Calder, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buggenum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0134 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ517
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Buggenum
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2335LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O George Henri De Bussac, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Burgess Spence, navigator,
F/O William Arthur Follows, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Demetrius Coe, wireless operator,
Sgt David Edwin Palmatier, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Bergeijk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ520
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Bergeijk
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2336LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berjeijk. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alexander Eames, pilot,
F/O Eric Francis Lapham, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Victor Holmes, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Henry Wright, wireless operator,
F/O Douglas Stewart Milne, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Stavenisse: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0118 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Stavenisse
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2337LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Stavenisse, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ernest Alexander Star, pilot,
F/Sgt John Kopchuk, navigator,
F/Sgt James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Casimir Frank Orlinski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Parkinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Zijtaart: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE593
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Zijtaart
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2300LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zijtaart. Four crew members were killed and the pilot evaded.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Fitzgerald Conroy, pilot,
W/O Glenn Arthur Leitch, navigator, †
P/O George Robert Densmore, bomb aimer, †
W/O Gordon Arthur Nelson, wireless operator, †
W/O James Burns, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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