Crash of a Dornier DO.28A-1 in Hamburg

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1968
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.28A/B
Operator:
Registration:
D-IBEM
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Helgoland – Hamburg
MSN:
3036
Location:
Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt (Fuhlsbüttel)
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On touchdown at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport, the airplane went out of control and came to rest upside down. The pilot was uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Dornier DO.28A-1 on Helgoland Island

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1964
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.28A/B
Operator:
Registration:
D-ICTF
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
3025
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances on Helgoland Island. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress off Heligoland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-29806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
4920
YOM:
1942
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh in an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Heligoland Island. Five crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Floyd J. Field, pilot, †
2nd Lt Erwin Efird, copilot,
S/Sgt Roy Goodwin, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Robert L. Clausen, navigator, †
Sgt Philip J. Zimmerman, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Harry Young, bombardier,
S/Sgt Morriece G. Moody, air gunner, †
S/Sgt August Retkofsky, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Harry Cromer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Fortunato Gelfo, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-40-BO Flying Fortress off Heligoland Island: 10 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5243
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Molesworth - Molesworth
MSN:
3782
YOM:
1942
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Ross C. Bales,
1st Lt Rhude Mark Mathis Jr.,
1st Lt Daniel A. McColl,
1st Lt Walter E. Dooley,
S/Sgt Francis W. O'Reilly,
S/Sgt Jack D. Snell,
S/Sgt Edward A. Van Ravenstein,
S/Sgt Joseph G. Zsampar,
T/Sgt Raymond K. Winter Jr.,
T/Sgt Raymond H. Kilgore.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Heligoland Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1943 at 2226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF333
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1812LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea west of Heligoland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ian Moffat, pilot,
Sgt Percy John Elton, pilot,
F/Sgt Orison Edwin Amos, navigator,
P/O Ronald William Turner, bomb aimer,
Sgt James McGrane, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Sherratt, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas James Caveney, air gunner,
P/O Adolf Philip Meijer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-BO Flying Fortress near Heligoland Island: 10 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5056
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Chelvestson - Chelveston
MSN:
3595
YOM:
1942
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chelveston on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Flying between the Frisian Islands and Heligoland Island, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Isaac D. Benson, pilot,
2nd Lt Martin L. Mjellem, copilot,
2nd Lt Stanley Waliszewski, navigator,
2nd Lt Leo L. Winters, bombardier,
S/Sgt Paul I. Kleinschrodt, flight engineer,
S/Sgt William J. Peteritas, radio operator,
Sgt William D. Hise, air gunner,
S/Sgt Ward S. Johnson, air gunner,
S/Sgt Austin W. Routhier, air gunner,
S/Sgt Charles F. Jackson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Heligoland Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1943 at 1629 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1680
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Dishforth at 1254LT on an operation to Hamburg using cloud cover. Passing southeast of Heligoland Island, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Henry Lowe, pilot,
F/Sgt Ivan Gordon McLeod, copilot,
F/Lt Arthur Thomas Sprosen, navigator,
F/Sgt John Julius Lemke, bomb aimer,
F/O George Desmond Fitz-Gibbon, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Riles, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Heligoland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV778
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Flight number:
6MTA
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Steeple Morden at 2314LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It is believed that it crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Charles Cubitt, pilot,
Sgt Richard John Parish, observer,
Sgt William Harvey Flower, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Lyell Wilton, air gunner,
F/Sgt Fernleigh William Mutton, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Heligoland Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942 at 0203 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7515
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2255LT on May 29 on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Francis Kingsley Doyle,
Sgt William George Bond,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Morris,
F/O Frederick James Kennedy,
Sgt Ernest William McSparron,
Sgt Thomas Walter Soper,
Sgt Harry Doughty,
Sgt William Edmund Chambers.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Heligoland Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 0107 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1061
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Elsham Wolds at 2055LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and is believed to have crashed in the sea somewhere off Heligoland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Ward, pilot,
Sgt Erskine Peter Wright, pilot,
Sgt John Robert Dodd,
Sgt Hugh Ian Fraser,
Sgt Andrew Albert Sidney Harris, wireless operator,
F/O Bertram John Fyson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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