Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in 's-Gravenwezel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HE347
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2315LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravenwezel. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Krzysztof Szpalinski, pilot, †
W/O Antoni Fried,
P/O Stanisław Gasecki,
F/O Roman Paczkowski,
Sgt Leopold B. Makarski, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Stavenisse: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0118 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HZ519
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2337LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Stavenisse, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ernest Alexander Star, pilot,
F/Sgt John Kopchuk, navigator,
F/Sgt James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Casimir Frank Orlinski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Parkinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF518
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
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 Burn at 2333LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Coverdale, pilot,
P/O George Charles William Parslow, navigator,
W/O Herman Stanley Fawns, wireless operator,
F/O John Brian Godfrey Bailey, bomb aimer,
F/O Bruce Samuel Fudge, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HE985
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
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 Hemswell at 2349LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Mikołaj Białobrówka, pilot,
P/O Józef Blajda, observer,
Sgt Jerzy Trzebuchowski,
Sgt Jan Ciuchciński, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roman Jacennik, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Heighington: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1943 at 1050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF591
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Hemswell at 1017LT for an altitude test. The airplane emerged from cloud in a steep dive and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Fabian Jozef Pokorniewski, pilot,
F/O Zbigniew Leon Kretkowski, navigator,
Sgt Henryk Kazimierz Czarkowski, bomb aimer,
Sgt Tadeusz Józef Szczurzyński, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Kot, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off the Isle of Groix: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF597
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 2213LT on June 13 on a mine duties in French waters. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the Isle of Groix. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ernest Sawdy, pilot,
Sgt Edward Burton, navigator,
F/O Stuart Quentin Robinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Claude Stephen Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt John Charles William Stevens, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into The Channel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HE348
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Skipton-on-Swale - Skipton-on-Swale
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale on an operation to Brest. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Reid Bourne,
Sgt James William Neal,
P/O Steven Noble,
Sgt Donald Ruston,
P/O Mitchell Smith.

Ground accident of a Vickers 440 Wellington X at RAF Burn

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0420 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF543
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2325LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. The following morning, it landed safely at base, but while taxiing it collided with a Halifax registered DK192. Both airplanes were severely damaged and HF543 was not repaired.
Crew:
Sgt H. H. Apperley, pilot,
F/O W. E. Coleman,
P/O A. Perman,
Sgt B. C. Trew,
Sgt G. Lilley, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oudesluis: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0246 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HE392
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2300LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudesluis, 13 km south of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Edwin Mulford, pilot.
F/O Colin Angus McDougall, navigator,
W/O James Gerald Breen, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Richard Bell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Earl Stewart Rheaume, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Stanhoe: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0219 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
MS486
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2304LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Stanhoe, 4 km east of Docking. Two crew were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
F/O Frank Whitford Jackson, pilot, †
F/O Ronald Percy Lea, navigator, †
Sgt J. S. Atherton,
Sgt S. H. Mortimer,
Sgt I. P. Prothero, air gunner.