Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Fairlight: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 4, 1943 at 2055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
F8+BM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
4381
YOM:
1941
Location:
Fairlight
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on a mine laying operation off the British coast. While cruising at low height, it flew into a hillside at 350 feet and crashed into an empty bungalow at Furze Hill. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Tomczyk,
Gefr Ernst Kern,
Gefr Rolf Fischer,
Fw Hartmut Eucker.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Fairlight: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
P6953
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
MSN:
9463
YOM:
1940
Location:
Fairlight
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2108LT on December 16 on an operation to Mannheim. The following night, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Fairlight. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Skipworth, pilot,
Sgt Walter Edward Need, observer,
Sgt Donald Stephenson, wireless operator and air gunner.
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