Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Langtoft: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1942 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8532
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1734LT to lay mines in the Hawthorne area. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Langtoft. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt K. R. W. Simmonds, pilot,
Sgt K. Bowes, navigator,
F/Sgt John Percy Standfast, bomb aimer, †
Sgt G. W. Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Walter Yapp, air gunner. †

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Lorient

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ780
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1900LT to lay mines of Saint Nazaire. At the end of the evening, while returning to base at an altitude of 2,000 feet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Lorient. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Duncan Inglis,
P/O John Charles William Simpson,
Sgt Thomas Snowden Temple,
Sgt John Frank Wagner,
Sgt R. Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Bergen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1942 at 2110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ964
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1823LT on a mine laying operation in the Trefoil region. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bergen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George William Arthur Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Harold James Kendrick, observer,
P/O Laurence James Alexander Graham, navigator,
F/Sgt Raymond Lloyd Wakelin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sam Feinstein, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ776
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1930LT on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jack Stratford Ward, pilot,
Sgt Jack Bruce Harden, navigator,
Sgt Harold Classen Thompson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alwyn Charles Rich, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip Rossiter Mitchell, air gunner.