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While performing a test flight, the crew encountered technical problems with the starboard engine. The airplane crash landed in a field located at Sibsey, some 4 miles northeast of Boston. Both crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O H. S. Blakeman +1.

Probable cause:

The starboard propeller jammed in fine pitch, necessitating an emergency landing.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V near Jenkinstown: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1941 at 1400 LT

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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Registration:

AE577

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Baldonnel - Belfast

MSN:

414-3932

YOM:

1941

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The airplane entered the Irish airspace at 0835LT and landed at Baldonnel-Casement Airport at 0924LT after the crew reported they were low on fuel. The crew were given food and rest then the airplane was unarmed and cleared to depart. It took off at 1320LT bound for Belfast-Aldergrove Airport. Flying to the north, the crew encountered poor visibility when the airplane impacted a hill located near Jenkinstown, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Louis Romeo Dubuc, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James Goodwin, observer,
Samuel Raymond Kenny, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 in Rheine: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1941 at 1350 LT

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.217

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Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Test

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Rheine - Rheine

MSN:

5158

YOM:

1941

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Rheine

North Rhine-Westphalia

Country:

Germany

Region:

Europe

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The crew was completing a local test flight at Rheine Airfield when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in the vicinity of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Eugen Flir, pilot,
Fw Heinrich Hehn, observer,
Willi Faatz, controller.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Rushford: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1941 at 2345 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 417 Wellington III

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Registration:

X3222

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2002LT on an operation to Emden. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed in a field in Rushford, east of Thatford. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Harry William White, pilot, †
P/O John Baldwin Thompson, observer, †
Sgt Raymond George Lifford, wireless operator, †
Sgt S. Gingle,
Sgt J. A. Chisholm,
Sgt J. A. Lovis.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I near Ashton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1941 at 1620 LT

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 152 Beaufort

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Registration:

W6483

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Saint Eval - Saint Eval

MSN:

9488

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval to attack a vessel in the Bay of Biscay. While returning to base in the afternoon, the crew encountered poor visibility when the airplane impact the slope of the Tregonning Hill near Ashton. The airplane was totally destroyed by impact forces and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Richards Harrison, pilot,
P/O Paul Francis Opperman, observer,
Sgt Harold Leslie Carter, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Albert Ryder, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Emden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Registration:

R1332

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1850LT on an operation to Emden. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire. The crew indicated on w/t that an engine was on fire then the airplane crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Marven Ernest Farnan,
F/Sgt Alexander Harkness,
Sgt John Horabin,
Sgt John Stephen Lappin,
Sgt Robert George Wernham, observer,
P/O Charles Stewart White.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Ford 5 near Pojo: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Ford 5

Operator:

Compañía Aramayo de Minas

Registration:

CB-CAM-2

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Executive/Corporate/Business

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Mountains

MSN:

5-AT-080

YOM:

1929

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The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and crashed in the Challhuani Mountain Range, near the village of Pojo. All eight occupants were killed, among them Major William Brooks, pilot.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Roja

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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S4+DL

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1075

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and the pilot made a forced landing two km south of Roja. There were no casualties among the crew.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO J Wal near Chokurdakh

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Dornier Do J Wal

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Registration:

CCCP-N238

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kresty Kolymsky – Chokurdakh – Uelen – Anadyr – Krasnoyarsk

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1928

Location:

Chokurdakh

Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)

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Russia

Region:

Asia

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En route from Kresty Kolymski to Chokurdakh, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The crew made an emergency landing in the tundra in the region of Chokurdakh. There were no casualties and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.