Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941 at 1417 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7483
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Den Helder
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1155LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea some 15 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Hamilton,
Sgt Alex Stanley Oman,
Sgt Thomas Parkinson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Hartland Point

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
L7072
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Hartland
Devonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Hartland Point, Devon. Crew fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Polikarpov SP near Shapki: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
13095
YOM:
1938
Location:
Shapki
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing an ambulance flight, carrying two wounded soldiers and one pilot. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Shapki. The pilot was killed and both passengers were injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE302
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2245LT on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Peter James Grundy,
Sgt Alan Mitchell,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Runcorn,
Sgt Hugh Vernon Wilkinson.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7277
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1053LT on an operation to Heligoland Island. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea of the island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Ronald James Dick,
P/O Kenneth Charles Judd,
P/O William Frederick Race.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6435
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1053LT on an operation to Heligoland Island. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea of the island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Omer Wilbur John Bishop,
Sgt Michael Christopher Hind,
F/Lt Harold Raymond Shuttleworth.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV on Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1022LT on an operation to Heligoland Island. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed on the island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Bonnett,
Sgt Reginald James Greenough,
Sgt Alfred Albert Matthews.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Handzame: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9749
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Handzame
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2045LT on August 25 on an operation to Karlsruhe. The following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Handzame. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
S/L Alan Cresswell Martin, pilot,
P/O Thomas Raymond Fyles, pilot,
P/O Reginald Robert Reynolds, observer,
Sgt Gordon Knight, wireless operator,
Sgt Roland Joseph Fidele Perras, wireless operator,
F/O William Wright, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2514
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
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 Alconbury at 2043LT on an operation to Karlsruhe. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Frederick Youldon, pilot,
Sgt Wallace Howard Cole, pilot,
Sgt Tom Appleby, observer,
Sgt John Davidson Duthie, wireless operator,
Sgt William Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Charles Shea, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE320
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Pellingen
Rhineland-Palatinate
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 Swinderby in the evening of August 25 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Pellingen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Roy Frederick Benson Temperley, pilot,
Sgt Richard James Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Fyvie, wireless operator,
Sgt Lionel Ronald Eames Sciville, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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