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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Caen

Date & Time: May 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2281
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed following an engine failure and was destroyed. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Caen: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5232
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed near Caen following a fuel exhaustion. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Werner Neudeck, pilot, †
Uffz Heinrich Jänchen, radio operator, †
Gefr Joachim Kraus, observer,
Fw Adolf Binder, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I in Caen: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W6494
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
MSN:
9499
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a reconnaissance mission over Saint-Nazaire. Approaching Caen, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the airport of Caen-Carpiquet. Both pilots were killed and two others occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Dermot Ezra Read Ellwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Gerald Thomas Hardwick, pilot, †
W/O William Bennett,
W/O George Alexander Duncan Ritchie.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Saint-Sever: 14 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1941 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2897
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2150LT on an operation to Mérignac, Bordeaux. While cruising at night, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed onto several houses located in the center of the village of Saint-Sever, bursting into flames. A crew survived and became PoW while five other occupants were killed. The airplane and the houses were destroyed and nine people on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest John Holland, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Hutchinson, wireless operator, †
P/O Ronald Rutherford Morison, pilot, †
Sgt John Leo Guy Westley, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Hugh Wilkinson, air gunner, †
Sgt K. C. H. Rawlings.
Those killed on the ground were:
Mr. & Mrs. Léon Champion,
Guy Boudier,
Marcel Champagne,
Paulette Vaudry,
Gabrielle Bricod,
Jeanine Lebedel,
Georges Morel,
Maurice Brochet.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 off Caen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1941 at 2046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6N+CL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5441
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Following a bombing mission over Avonmouth, the crew was returning to base at night when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Caen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Erwin Schul, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Bolle, observer,
Fw Engelbert Buck, radio operator,
Gefr Karl-Heinz Kayser, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24N-1 in Caen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KK+UN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Caen - Brest
MSN:
009
YOM:
1937
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Caen, departing for Brest, the floatplane crashed in the Caen Canal. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Ofw Walter Niess, pilot, †
Fw Josef Haas, mechanic,
Uffz Karl Tubbesing, radio operator,
Ogefr Wilhelm Bauer, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Caen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4185
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed upon takeoff from Caen-Carpiquet Airport for unknown reasons. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Willy Neumann, pilot,
Oblt Otto Metzner, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Hubert Böhlefeld, radio operator,
Uffz Robert Mehnert, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Caen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
7130
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed upon takeoff from Caen-Carpiquet Airport for unknown reasons. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw August Stigler, pilot,
Oblt Günther Reischle, observer,
Uffz Kurt Witte, radio operator,
Uffz Christian Bill, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Deauville

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
7121
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Due to the deterioration of the weather conditions, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in Deauville. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 off Caen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7T+CH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3617
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was hit by the British Flak while attacking the Penrhos Airfield, Wales. While returning to its base, it crashed into the sea off Caen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Paul David, pilot,
Obrlt Paul Vollbrecht, observer,
Uffz Kurt Fuchs, mechanic,
Uffz Willi von Postel, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the British Flak.