Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Stadhampton: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 2, 1943 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Westcott - Westcott
Location:
Stadhampton
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night navigation exercise out from RAF Westcott. For unknown reasons, control was lost and the airplane crashed in Stadhampton. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (11 OTU):
Sgt John Roderick Richmond, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Robert Crouch, navigator,
Sgt Horace James Cox, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Desmond Scott, wireless operator,
Sgt James Arthur Cheetham, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Nathaniel Harker, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near RAF Westcott

Date & Time: May 2, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1204
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Westcott - Westcott
MSN:
8487
YOM:
1938
Location:
Westcott AFB
Buckinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie at RAF Westcott. While flying at low height in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane collided with power cables and crashed in a field. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O W. Boyd, pilot,
Sgt S. H. Dodds, pilot.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Movil: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 29, 1942 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1174
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Westcott - Westcott
Location:
Morvil
Pembrokeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Westcott in the afternoon on a cross country navigation exercise. While overflying Wales, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. While flying in clouds at night, the pilot ordered his crew to bail out when the airplane went out of control and crashed near Movil. Three crew parachuted to safety and two others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Francis Robert William Henderson, pilot, †
Sgt F. W. R. Cumpsty, navigator,
Sgt Frank Henri Sherriff, wireless operator, †
Sgt H. A. Gillies, air gunner,
Sgt W. Wright, air gunner.
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