Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Warnemünde: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1942 at 1950 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9253
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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 Lakenheath at 1635LT to lay mines off Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Laurence Theodore Izzard, pilot,
Sgt Daniel Patrick McAleese, flight engineer,
Sgt Philip Wedgwood Ditchburn,
F/Sgt Stephen Holroyd Hopkinson,
Sgt John Lind Strachan,
Sgt Fraser Hutchinson Watt,
Sgt Robert Henry Williams,
Sgt William Osborn, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Warnemünde: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5562
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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 Driffield at 2230LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ian Wynn Davies, pilot,
Sgt John Peter Dixon Clarke, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Stacey Neveu, wireless operator,
P/O Robert MacFarlane Graham, wireless operator,
Sgt Neville Christian Stocker, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.242T-1 off Warnemünde

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
KK+UU
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
016
YOM:
1937
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered a technical failure upon takeoff and crashed into the sea some 5 km north of Warnemünde. There were no casualties among the crew.

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

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6936
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2228
YOM:
1941
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2055LT on an operation to Stettin. Approaching Rostock, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Warnemünde. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Clarence Howell, pilot,
F/Lt Russell Ernest Orchard, pilot,
Sgt John Donald Robertson, observer,
Sgt Ernest John Start, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers W.33 in Warnemünde: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.33
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
035
Location:
Warnemünde
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the single engine airplane crashed in an open field in Warnemünde. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Uffz Friedrich Linsel, pilot,
Gefr Hartmann, pilot.
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