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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1730LT to bomb a synthetic oil plant in Ruhland. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Magdeburg. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Ernest Hinton George,
P/O Robin Charles Mordaunt,
Sgt John William Knight,
Sgt Sydney Cawkwell,
Sgt James Wilkinson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kalbe: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1940 at 0305 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2993

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The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Kalbe. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Howell Davies, pilot, †
Sgt Edgar James Andrews, pilot, †
Sgt Harold Leslie Hurrell,
Sgt Roland Lee.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Röwitz: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1940 at 0302 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2910

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Röwitz, northeast of Wolfsburg. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard John Burt, pilot, †
Sgt D. Windle, observer,
Sgt Jack Baldwin, wireless operator, †
P/O Ronald Mark Carrell, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1940 at 0055 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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T2464

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2005LT on October 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While cruising at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Salzwedel, about 85 km northwest of Magdeburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Olding Hunks, pilot,
P/O Guy Paul Wentworth Austin, pilot,
Sgt Albert Edgar Skidmore, observer,
Sgt Colin Hay, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Nield, wireless operator,
P/O John Edward Bartlett, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Merseburg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4291

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Merseburg. It is believed that it crashed in the target area. Two crew were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Henry Aidan Thomas Skehill, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Hughes, observer, †
Sgt Robert Leslie Wake, observer, †
Sgt Douglas Perritt, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Grossjena: 13 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1939 at 1620 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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Aslau – Bad Langensalza

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The three engine airplane departed Aslau (now Osła) in Silesia, on a flight to Bad Langensalza, carrying 10 membres of the Stuka Gruppe based in Bad Langensalza. En route, the airplane collided with a balloon cable and crashed. All 13 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.90V1 near Dessau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1938

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Junkers JU.90

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D-AALU

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4913

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1937

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The crew was engaged in a test flight on this four engine aircraft named 'Der grosse Dessauer'. While in an overspeed test configuration, the aircraft suffered a structural failure and went out of control. Two crew members were able to bail out while the third occupant was killed when the aircraft crashed in an open field.
Crew:
Karl-Heinz B. Kindermann, test pilot,
Erich Gast, engineer,
Mr. Hahnemann, engineer, †.

Probable cause:

Rudder part broke off in flight during a high speed test.

Crash of a Messerschmitt M.20b in Halberstadt

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Messerschmitt M.20

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D-UXYN

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Plain, Valley

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545

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1933

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. The aircraft named 'Fläming' was destroyed. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Junkers G.38di in Dessau

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Junkers G.38

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D-AZUR

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Takeoff (climb)

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Test

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Dessau - Dessau

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3301

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1929

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The crew was performing a local post maintenance test flight out from Dessau Airport. Just after liftoff, the four engine aircraft named 'Deutschland' went out of control and crashed. The crew led by Captain Wilhelm Zimmermann was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Error on part of the technicians who connected the aileron control cables on the opposite way.