Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Margate

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1940 at 0620 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N1427
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
MSN:
1581
YOM:
1939
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea off Margate, Kent. All four crew members came ashore in their dinghy.
Crew:
S/L J. S. Bartlett,
Sgt F. M. Kerr,
Sgt Coubrough,
Sgt M. C. Caryll de Tilkin.
Probable cause:
Aircraft ditched into the sea due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 in Goodwin Sands: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1940 at 1340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
5K+AR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Limburg - Limburg
MSN:
1160
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Limburg-Saint-Trond Airfield to attack RAF Debden. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Defiant and crashed on the Goodwin Sands at low tide. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Fw W. Effmert, pilot,
Uffz H. Ritzel, observer, †
Uffz H. Reinhardt, radio operator, †
Gfr H. Huhn, mechanic. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Ramsgate: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Creil - Creil
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Creil to attack Manston Airport. Approaching Kent, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Ramsgate. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz J. Krüll, pilot,
Uffz E. Dubs, observer,
Uffz H. Freimann, radio operator,
Uffz H. Fröba, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Ramsgate: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Creil - Creil
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Creil to attack Manston Airport. Approaching Kent, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Ramsgate. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt H-J. Crell, pilot,
Fw M. Thomas, observer,
Uffz A. Henneberg, radio operator,
Uffz A. Wetzker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Ramsgate: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1+?C
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Creil - Creil
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Creil to attack Manston Airport. Approaching Kent, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Ramsgate. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw F. Vetter, pilot,
Fw K. Flessner, observer,
Fw H. Meyer, radio operator,
Uffz H. Meier, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 off Dungeness: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1940 at 1340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pontoise - Pontoise
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Pontoise-Cormeilles-en-Vexin Airport to attack the RAF Kenley, Surrey. Approaching the target at low height, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Dungeness. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Leder, pilot,
Uffz Ulbrich,
Uffz A. Disch,
Uffz Rudolf,
Uffz H. Szybinski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Dymchurch Redoubt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4965
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
1692
YOM:
1940
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Abingdon to bomb the Fiat Aero Engine plant in Torino, Italy. Badly shot up by a fighter attack over the target which left one engine out of action and severe damage to the starboard aileron. The captain succeeded in flying the crippled bomber across France but while trying to land on the beach near Dymchurch Redoubt on the Kent coast, the weakened aileron broke off and the aircraft plunged into the sea. Three crew managed to escape and the two pilots were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Ian Parsons, pilot, †
Sgt Alfred Norman Campion, pilot, †
Sgt Chamberlain,
Sgt Marshall,
Sgt Sharpe.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z off Seasalter: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940 at 0730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+DS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Vitry-en-Artois - Vitry-en-Artois
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Vitry-en-Artois to bomb the Eastchurch Airfield. While returning to its base, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed at the Mudflats near Seasalter. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Gerhard Müller, pilot, †
Oblt Werner Morich, observer, †
Obfw Karl Langer, radio operator, †
Fw Rudolf Haensgen, flight engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Ramsgate: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1940 at 1155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8665
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While flying over Ramsgate, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and caught fire. To avoid a crash in the city, the pilot continued over the sea when the airplane crashed off Ramsgate. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Dennis Neve Grice, pilot,
AC1 John Benjamin William Warren, observer,
Sgt Francis John Keast, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at RAF Detling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N5228
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Detling - Detling
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight out from RAF Detling. Shortly after takeoff, it stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt James Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt William George Shier, observer, †
Sgt Leo Frederick James O'Kelly, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace George Worton, air gunner, †
LAC James Wilson.