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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5459
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 Marham at 2314LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Altenwerder, southwest of Hamburg, All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Alexander James Bailey, pilot,
P/O George Walter Tetlow, pilot,
P/O John Henry Purser, observer,
Sgt Frederick Robert Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Elton Talbot Panes, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond Marshall Gray, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5386
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 Binbrook at 2257LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over Hamburg, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by a Me.110 then crashed in the Kuhwerder Hafen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur Lomax, pilot,
Sgt Horace Edward Meadows, pilot,
P/O Alastair Fulton Struthers, observer,
Sgt Henry Nykerk, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Thomas Relf, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hamburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6630
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2064
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2241LT on June 27 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the center of the city, at Ackermannstrasse. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ray Berysford Edwards, pilot,
P/O Ralph Edward Tidswell, pilot,
Sgt Jeffrey Leon Ransson, observer,
Sgt Laurence Dobinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Brinley Roberts, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD864
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
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 Waddington at 2205LT on May 2 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hamburg, between the districts of Blankenese and Cranz. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Upton Howard Tripp, pilot,
P/O John Ernest Philip Jeff, observer,
Sgt Ronald John Leaper, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Egar, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Hamburg

Date & Time: May 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7379
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2200LT on May 2 on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area at an altitude of 12,000 feet, the airplane was damaged by the German Flak. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The bomber just passed over a farm, crash landed in a field and came to rest. All six crew members were rescued and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O Deryck Edgar Pinchbeck,
Sgt E. A. C. Lee,
Sgt Alexander Stuart Duncan,
F/S Samuel Edward Panton,
Sgt Walter Muir McGregor,
Sgt Christopher Norman Barron.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hamburg

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2970
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1940LT on March 13 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All six crew members became Pow. The exact place of the crash remains unknown, maybe near the target area.
Crew:
Sgt John Richard Harvey,
Sgt G. G. Patterson,
Sgt Leonard Pattison,
Sgt Stanley Thomas Starkins,
Sgt Arthur Roy Ward,
Sgt Gibberd.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hamburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4273
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1926
YOM:
1940
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1920LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Kampstrasse 80-84 in the district of Hamburg-Lockstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Leonard Roger Cook, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Charles Elliott, pilot,
Sgt John Molesworth Oxley, observer,
Sgt Samuel Hugh Albert Jess, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Reginald Skinner, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3213
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Hausbruch
Hamburg
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 Marham at 1858LT in the evening of November 16 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hausbruch, south of Hamburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Peter Lupton, pilot,
Sgt Denis Duncan English, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Burrows Lindsay, observer,
Sgt Gordon Russell Fryer, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Harold Potter, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Bernard Guest, air gunner.


Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hamburg

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940 at 2359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4287
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2117LT to bomb the Blohm & Voss Shipyards in Hamburg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak. All four crew members bailed out at 2359LT and became PoW. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed.
Crew:
S/L Frank Andrew Willan, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Wynn Wright, navigator,
Sgt Andrew Bertram Cox, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Fred Garland Brook, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hamburg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4375
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Hamburg
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation over Hamburg. Approaching the target at an altitude of 8,000 feet, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L James Galt MacIntyre, pilot, †
Sgt Vyvyan Andrew Coveyduck,
Sgt Albert Cross,
Sgt John Henry Robert Edgar.
Probable cause:
In-flight collision with a barrage balloon cable.
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