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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED472
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Ahaus
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 Skellingthorpe at 2203LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ahaus, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur John Weber, pilot,
P/O Mathew Cecil Carter, flight engineer,
P/O Marcus Richards Felsen, navigator,
F/Sgt Reginald Goldstraw, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Norman, wireless operator,
F/O Victor William Ferguson, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Charles Kerley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Ahaus: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943 at 2252 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE182
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Location:
Ahaus
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 1950LT on an operation to Bochum. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 5 km southwest of Ahaus. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Joseph Aspden, pilot, †
Sgt David Trevor Dudley-Jones, navigator,
Sgt John Henry Kimber, bomb aimer, †
W/O Philip Frank Yellin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Roderick Davies, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Ahaus: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1942 at 2322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1084
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Ahaus
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Stradishall at 1955LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ahaus, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt John Dawson, pilot,
W/O Philip Sibbald Ogilvie Brichta, observer,
P/O George Clarence Goold, observer,
F/Sgt William Kilpatrick Hughes, wireless operator,
W/O Lorne James Lemoine, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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