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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Hardewijk: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1943 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED771
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Hardewijk
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 0022LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hardewijk. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Rex Ayrton Craigie, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Fair, flight engineer,
F/O Roderick Halliley Capron, navigator, †
P/O Geoffrey John Phillips, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Harold Edwards, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Dunlop Peat, air gunner, †
Sgt John Alston Proctor, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Aalten: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1943 at 0236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4925
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Aalten
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby in the evening of April 30 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Aalten. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt James Wallace Potts, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank Bruce Gillan, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Martin, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Derek Sheldon, navigator,
Sgt William Woodland, navigator,
F/Sgt Kenneth Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Gill, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Sidney Harris, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Muiderberg: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1943 at 0235 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED706
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Muiderberg
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0003LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Muiderberg, east of Amsterdam. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William John Glotham, pilot,
Sgt John Kenneth Mansley, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Victor Ansell, navigator,
Sgt Michael James Grace, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Hodgson, wireless operator,
Sgt William Nugent, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Douglas Todd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED838
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bardney - Bardney
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bardney in the evening of April 30 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:
P/O George Albert Nunez, pilot,
Sgt Jack Bayliss,
Sgt Alvery Beard,
Sgt Cecil Howard Collins,
Sgt Edward Francis Doolittle,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Knapman,
Sgt Dennis Robert Barber, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Wulfen: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED451
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Wulfen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2355LT on April 30 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wulfen, 29 km north of Essen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Abel, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon Alderson, flight engineer,
P/O Vincent Anthony Nono, navigator,
P/O Stanley Plaskett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Malcolm Harrower, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Lionel Barber, air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Jordrup: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0351 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED733
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Jordrup
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2057LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Tangerines area. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Jordrup. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Dennis Nicholson, pilot,
Sgt George L. K. McCallum, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard Meakin, navigator,
Sgt James Charles Lilley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas James Daley, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Dawbry Peters, air gunner,
Sgt Abraham Segal, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Struer: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4945
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Struer
Midtjylland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 2055LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Struer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Kenneth Royston Rees, pilot,
Sgt George Tyler, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Alfred Kingsley Mockford, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Edward Ellingham, bomb aimer,
F/O Leonard Foulds, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley William Cowham, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Wilson Cochrane, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Rozewie: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED325
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Rozewie
Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie)
Country:
Poland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby in the evening of April 28 on mine laying duties in the Spinach region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Baltic Sea off Rozewie. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Laurence Walter George Head, pilot,
Sgt Harry Hargreaves Wensley, flight engineer,
Sgt Joseph Short, observer,
Sgt John Willatt, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick George Roscoe Gibbs, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Thomas Murphy, air gunner,
Sgt Donald William Payne, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Kritzmow: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0037 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LM313
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Kritzmow
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby on a mine laying operation in the Geraniums region. Approaching Rostock, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kritzmow, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Edward Frederick Tyler, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth William Jury, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Grant, navigator,
F/O William James Dowdell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman Ernest Lind, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Edward Haywood, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Wilford, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Copenhagen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4898
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Copenhagen
Hovedstaden
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2036LT on April 28 for mine laying duties over the Baltic Sea. Passing over Copenhagen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Øresund Strait. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Michael De Beauchamp Collenette, pilot,
Sgt Jack Norman, flight engineer,
P/O Ian Ronald Robertson, navigator,
P/O Reginald Donovan Mix, bomb aimer,
P/O Nathaniel Robert Gyles, wireless operator,
W/O Franklin Guy Moore, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur William Bond, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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