Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Ostend: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1379
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Ostend
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2143LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed off the coast of West Flanders, region of Ostend. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Mieczysław Rzemyk, pilot, †
F/Lt Stanisław Antoni Reyman, pilot,
F/O Zdzisław Franciszek Zamoyski, observer, †
Sgt Janusz Piotr Truszkowski, wireless operator, †
Sgt Stanisław Niewiadomski, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Wojan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Straelen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT157
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Straelen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. After passing the Dutch border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Straelen, northeast of Venlo. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Billy Stanley Booker, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alexander Coulson Browne, observer, †
Sgt Jack Gledhill, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Forbes Stephen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Schiefbahn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8490
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Schiefbahn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2222LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schiefbahn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Fitzpatrick Vane Winkle, pilot,
P/O Andrew Downie, observer,
Sgt Jean Jaques Gabriel Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Strang, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth William Barker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Eichlinghofen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0235 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT141
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Eichlinghofen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2203LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eichlinghofen, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Archibald McClintock, pilot,
Sgt Francis Eldon Hagel, observer,
F/Sgt Joseph Boisvert, wireless operator,
Sgt John Johnstone, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Brühl: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0233 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5427
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Brühl
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2214LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Brühl, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Malcolm MacFarlane, pilot,
Sgt Alan Godfrey Harvey Rheinberg, observer,
Sgt Malcolm David Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt William Stone Tyler, wireless operator,
Sgt John Cormack, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Norf: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT128
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Norf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Norf, south of Düsseldorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bradley Winship Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Henry Ernest Vosper, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Preston Shipton, wireless operator,
Sgt John Charles Donald McHardy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Kilder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0218 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV593
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Kilder
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2135LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kilder. The pilot was killed while five other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Cedric Hall Mardon, pilot, †
Sgt William France, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Ernest Mellor, observer,
Sgt Juthri Campbell Bennett Peebles, wireless operator,
Sgt R. Garrod, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Marr, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Burry Green

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6253
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pembrey - Pembrey
Location:
Burry Green
Glamorgan
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Pembrey on a cross country exercise. While returning to base, the airplane developed technical problems, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in an open field near Burry Green. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt K. E. R. Stanley, pilot,
LAC Jones, air gunner,
LAC Lawrence, air gunner,
LAC Pepperdine, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Unspecified technical problems.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3484
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2130LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Royden Norris, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank Douglas Barbour, pilot,
F/Sgt Henry Francis Stain Darley, navigator,
Sgt Alexander William Robertson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alexander MaMillan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Louis Marie Langlois, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8586
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Wroot
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2221LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out fuel. The captain attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Wroot, northeast of Doncaster. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
F/O Stefan Sznidel, pilot,
F/O Kazimierz Wacław Konopasek, pilot,
F/O Kazimierz Joszt, observer,
Sgt Kazimierz Pasich, wireless operator,
Sgt Bolesław Wladysław Sedzimir, wireless operator,
Sgt Wladysław Szmidt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
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