Crash of a Vickers 429 Wellington VIII into the Atlantic Ocean: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
HX776
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean some 152 km northwest of the Shetland Islands. The wreckage and the crew were never recovered. It seems that the airplane was mistakenly shot down by allied fire. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Hollis Bramwell, pilot,
Sgt Sydney Gibbs Brooking,
P/O George Albert Hamman,
Sgt Ronald Durance Huslter,
Sgt Frank Ernest Kirby,
Sgt Allan Ivan Mugford.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Ligurian Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5673
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2205LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Vaughan Ross Long, pilot,
Sgt William Geoffrey Chapman,
Sgt Peter Hayward,
Sgt Ernest MacKay,
F/Sgt Lindsey Herbert Morton,
W/O Maurice Luther Roberts,
Sgt John Leslie Gordon Waite.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Ligurian Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5566
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2210LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Gerald Hackney, pilot,
F/Sgt Aubrey Wilson Coley,
Sgt James Cope,
Sgt Leonard Edwards,
F/Sgt Claude Allan Foster,
Sgt Selwyn Charles Orme, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Henry Pellowe.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
7596
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Karl Heinz Schmitt, pilot,
Ogefr Helmut Waldschmit, observer,
Ogefr Karl Ulrich Thode, radio operator,
Gefr Kurt Schwenke, air gunner.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina IIIA into the Atlantic Ocean: 9 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FP535
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
339
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While engaged in a maritime patrol flight, the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean and was lost without trace with its nine crew members. In 1983, the wreckage was located at coordinates 64° 47' N and 26° 19' W, some 220 km west northwest of Reykjavik. The entire crew was from the Royal Norwegian Navy (Marinens flygevåpen).
Crew:
Lt B. Tingulstad,
Qm K. Myran,
Qm S. R. Pedersen,
Qm T. Hansen,
Qm S. Dannevig-Hauge,
Qm F. S. Aanonsen,
Ac1 K. Bergene,
Ac1 B. Mortensen,
Ac1 A. Johansen.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the Celtic Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1421
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1715LT for a mine laying operation off Brittany. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Celtic Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/O W. Zubrzycki,
P/O J. Sawicki,
Sgt M. Osciak,
Sgt Z. Kozlowski,
Sgt T. Treutler.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z9159
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
MSN:
2293
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation Executive to France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Edward Turnham, pilot,
W/O Jack Robert O'Leary, pilot,
F/O Laurence Wheatley, navigator,
Sgt Falconer Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Arnold Hallewell, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney White, air gunner.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 into the Norwegian Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6+I?
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
310067
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances, probably somewhere into the Norwegian Sea. Two crew members were killed and three others were rescues.
Those killed were:
Uffz Gerhard Filz, radio operator,
Obfw August Kruse, mechanic.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1942 at 1607 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3540
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1400LT on an operation to Essen. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed some 100 km west of the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald William Urwin, pilot,
Sgt Colin Shone McHenry,
Sgt Horace Pilling Norcross,
Sgt Leslie Hunter Martin,
F/O Richmond Lovett Meredith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ660
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1349LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Barker, pilot,
Sgt Jack Milner,
Sgt Robert Henry Walker,
Sgt James Alfred David Wildish,
Sgt Alexander Munro Smith, air gunner.