Crash of a Polikarpov SP near Kasnya: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L1296
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vyazma - Kasnya
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed while on a flight from Vyazma to Kasnya. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Dunkirk

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE382
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1855LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Believed to have crashed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Adam Anderson,
Sgt Joseph Paul Anthony Bonett,
Sgt George William Niblett,
Sgt Frank Ernest Wotton.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Sevsk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3491
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow - Bryansk
MSN:
184 11 08
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
255
Circumstances:
The airplane was on its way from Moscow to Bryansk, carrying six crew members, ammunition and fuel. Approaching the destination, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in a field near Sevsk. The gunner was killed, the copilot and the radio operator were injured and three other crew members were uninjured. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3-260 near Sankt Navlya: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
URSS-D
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow - Bryansk
MSN:
2096
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on a flight from Moscow to Bryansk on behalf of the army, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Sankt Navlya. It is believed that two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Messina: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1941 at 1555 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7368
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack naval targets in the southern Italian waters. Flying over the Strait of Messina, it collided with a second Blenheim registered Z7644 and carrying three crew members. Following the collision, both aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the sea. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Frazer Apsley Harte, pilot,
P/O Charles Oscar Bloodworth, observer,
F/O Thomas Wewage-Smith, wireless operator,
Lt Ellis Edward Arthur Chetwynd Talbot.
Probable cause:
The exact circumstances of the collision remains unknown. It is possible that one or both airplanes were shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Messina: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7644
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack naval targets in the southern Italian waters. Flying over the Strait of Messina, it collided with a second Blenheim registered Z7368 and carrying four crew members. Following the collision, both aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the sea. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Neville Whitford Walders, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Jones, observer,
Sgt William Karl Hunting, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
The exact circumstances of the collision remains unknown. It is possible that one or both airplanes were shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Kozelsk

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3917
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 12 08
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was carrying 12 wounded soldiers and five crew members when it was attacked by enemy fire. The crew made an emergency landing in a prairie. Later, the crew took off again but the airplane suffered from icing conditions and crashed. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 off Grube: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VG+EF
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4072
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Grube, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Karl Gottschalk, pilot,
Gefr Adolf Rudolf Blaut, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Bartsch, observer,
Oblt Helmut Limpert, observer,
Uffz Willi Pfisterer, mechanic.

Crash of a Consolidated PB-2A Catalina near Trenton

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
35-21
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Location:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew bailed out after the airplane caught fire in flight for unknown reasons. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 5,5 miles southwest of Trenton and was destroyed. All crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
George J. Aubert, pilot +4.
Probable cause:
In-flight fire for undetermined reasons.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Russia

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3937
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 16 04
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Bolshoi Dvor on a special flight on behalf of the army. En route, the crew encountered poor visibility due to heavy snow falls. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with a telegraph pole, lost its left wing and came to rest in a ditch. There were no casualties among the crew.
Probable cause:
Poor visibility due to heavy snow falls associated with a too late departure from Bolshoi Dvor.