Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Whittlesey

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 1415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3734
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Location:
Whittlesey
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Upwood. The right engine failed in flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in an open field located about 5 km west of Whittlesey. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. G. C. Grieve,
P/O G. J. Rowley.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Kaarst: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0408 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7438
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Kaarst
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kaarst, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John William Blakey, pilot,
P/O John Ernest Chilvers, pilot,
Sgt Frank Cecil Child, flight engineer,
P/O Charles Francis Hart, observer,
F/Sgt Alfred Penn, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Jeoffre Truscott, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Richard Cowin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Texel Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD971
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Texel Island
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Pinckney Pratt, pilot,
P/O Harry Clifford Tonge, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Charles Willis, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Hodkinson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE126
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Duncan Henry Barrett, pilot,
P/O Bernard Maurice Fournier, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest Richard Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Watson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Texel Island

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE193
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Texel Island
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2330LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure and ditched into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Luke,
Sgt Eric Robert Holmes Lyon,
Sgt Geoffrey Bryon Stanton,
Sgt Richard John Kenneth Woodroofe.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G into the Arctic Ocean

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.18
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
842
YOM:
1939
Location:
Arctic Ocean
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and ditched in the Arctic Ocean. It sank and was lost. The crew was rescued in a dinghy 65 hours later.
Probable cause:
Engine failure caused by the rupture of the fuel pump.

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

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
M7+FH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2505
Location:
Ust-Luga
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Bay of Luga off Ust-Luga. The air gunner was killed and three other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Lt stefan Aigner, pilot,
Gefr Karl-Heinz Stadtmann, observer,
Gefr Albrecht Finke, radio operator,
Gefr Kurt Meinhardt, air gunner. †

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Strümp: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5595
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Location:
Strümp
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2340LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Strümp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Spickett, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Grant Geddes, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Arnold French, observer,
Sgt Dennis Claude Hayward, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Stanley Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Donis Rheaume, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Glüder: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Glüder
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2350LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Glüder. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Miller Watts, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Miller Hughes, observer, †
Sgt John William Thomas Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Roy James Hollobone, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Sutherland MacLeod,
Sgt Ivan Boyd Quinn.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Gahlen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9501
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Gahlen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0012LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gahlen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Edward Charles Adkins, pilot,
P/O Charles James Pearson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Hill, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Brelsford, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Manning, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred William Rose, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Urquhart Simpson, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Thompson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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