Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in West Woodhay

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5656
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mount Farm - Sawbridgeworth
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from RAF Mount Farm to RAF Sawbridgeworth, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in West Woodhay. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Edward James, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF White Waltham: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7086
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
White Waltham - White Waltham
MSN:
8039
YOM:
1937
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was in the circuit of RAF White Waltham when it collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L8439. Both airplanes crashed at Cox Green nearby the airfield. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. Two other people were killed in the second aircraft.
Crew:
F/O John Burge Erickson, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF White Waltham: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8439
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
White Waltham - White Waltham
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was in the circuit of RAF White Waltham when it collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered K7086 and piloted by F/O John Burge Erickson, a US pilot. Both airplanes crashed at Cox Green nearby the airfield. A crew member on board L8439 survived while three other crews were killed.
Crew:
F/O Richard Stanley Pavey, pilot.
The pilot was injured while both other occupants were killed, Mr. Thomas Walton, a civil training pilot, as well as a Director of Burnley Aircraft Products Ltd.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA at RAF Hampstead Norris: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 2120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV576
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hampstead Norris - Hampstead Norris
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris on a local training exercise. After a night takeoff, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height. It collided with trees located one mile past the runway end and crashed. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Albert Flemming, pilot, †
Sgt James Victor Gardiner, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Medley, wireless operator, †
Sgt P. K. Briggs,
Sgt J. A. Saunders,
Sgt C. Hirst.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at Theale RLG

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N5075
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chipping Warden - Chipping Warden
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on a training exercise. Weather conditions deteriorated with low visibility caused by heavy snow falls. In icing conditions, both engines failed and the crew attempted to divert to Theale Reserve Landing Ground. Unfortunately, the airplane overshot and crashed in trees. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond Peter Edwin North, pilot +3.
Probable cause:
Double engine failure in icing conditions.

Ground accident of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth at RAF White Waltham

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
DP854
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Shawbury - White Waltham
MSN:
2166
YOM:
1931
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed RAF Shawbury on a training flight to RAF White Waltham, carrying one instructor and two pilots under training. While taxiing at RAF White Waltham, the airplane collided with a parked lorry and came to rest. All three occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Hampstead Norris: 10 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9974
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hampstead Norris - Gibraltar - Luqa
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hampstead Norris bound for Gibraltar, with Malta as its ultimate destination. Almost immediately after takeoff, the bomber crashed, bursting into flames. All 10 occupants who were transferred to the Malta detachment were killed.
Crew:
P/O Clyffurde George Randall Saunders, pilot,
Sgt Hoyt Leslie Steadman, pilot,
Sgt Victor John Hale, observer,
Sgt Allister Nelson Irving, wireless operator,
Sgt David Young Nurse Crosby, wireless operator,
P/O Alan Lodge, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Beard,
LAC Clifford Robson,
Cpl George Ian Frederick Davies,
F/Sgt Harry Higginson.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I at RAF Hampstead Norris: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4262
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hampstead Norris - Hampstead Norris
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The bomber crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from RAF Hampstead Norris. The pilot was killed and two other occupants were injured.
Crew (15th OTU):
Sgt Arthur Russell Patrick, pilot, †
Sgt A. R. Tacq,
Sgt W. A. Rowe.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor at RAF White Waltham

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AGAY
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2894
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane, originally owned and operated by DDL, was seized by the British Army on 9 April 1940 and re-registered G-AGAY. It was supposed to be registered DX117 but this registration was attributed to a Bristol 152 Beaufort. It crashed for unknown reasons while landing at RAF White Waltham and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near White Waltham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6263
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Liverpool - Lyneham
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Liverpool-Speke Airport on a flight to RAF Lyneham. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF White Waltham. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Serge Loewenstein, pilot.