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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4332
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2259LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Schelde off Wissenkerke. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Gale Phillips, pilot,
Sgt John HenryEmmett, flight engineer,
P/O Edwin Francis Davey, navigator,
Sgt George Dennis Prince, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph William Ousley, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Thomas Little, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Schellingwoude NAS: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV160
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook Lodge at 2257LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed near Schellingwoude NAS, east of Amsterdam. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Roger Ernest Crook, pilot, †
Sgt James Rupert Morrison, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Stanley Joseph Marriage, navigator, †
F/Sgt Clement Ralph Buckeridge, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Charles Edward Grimshaw, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon William George Fletcher, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Donald Ross Grant, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0112 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LM324
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2254LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meeuwen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Schinveld: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EE167
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2235LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed 2 km southeast of Schinveld. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Robert Cope, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Booth, flight engineer,
F/O Hugh Lyons Gordon, navigator, †
F/Sgt Douglas Douds, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Douglas Henry Crouch, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Ross Matheson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Donald Scott Finlason, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4329
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2235LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Lloyd Henry Moorehead Hadley, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Alexander Baldwin, flight engineer,
F/O Urquhart Douglas Haig Horne, navigator,
F/Sgt John Vernon Stanley, bomb aimer,
P/O Edward Hunter Bond, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Noel Ryder Simpson, air gunner,
Sgt Leslie Norman Connor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Grafhorst: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0123 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4316
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2310LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grafhorst, 3 km northeast of Kampen. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Oliver Vaughan, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Frederick Charles Day, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt David Crawford Paterson Lundie, navigator, †
F/O Charles William Ross Young, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Dennis Arthur Thomas, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Carlyle Cornish, air gunner,
F/Sgt Andrew Gordon, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4960
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2147LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sluipwijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Stanley Christie, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Sydney Kerwin, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Jack Heath, navigator,
F/Sgt John Harold Horwood, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Lawrence Lewis, wireless operator,
F/O Bruce William Bennett, air gunner,
F/Sgt Peter John Hogan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Koblenz: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4985
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal and crashed in unknown circumstances in Koblenz. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Pollock Russell, pilot, †
Sgt William Francis Collister Clague, flight engineer, †
Sgt R. W. Dunn, navigator,
Sgt Peter Wright Findlay, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Tom Taylor, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Douglas Baxter Gordon, air gunner, †
Sgt G. A. Kirk, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED804
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2314LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Herveld. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Charles Harrison, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Richard Stanley Morris, flight engineer,
Sgt William Guthrie Schrader, navigator,
P/O Colin Campbell Bates, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Alfred Blackwell, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Ernest James Kerr, air gunner, †
F/Sgt John Alexander Grant, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Schoonebeek: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0207 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4984
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schoonebeek. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Beresford Milton Troy Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Rowlands, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Douglas Dyce, navigator, †
F/Sgt Clarence Goldthorpe, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Jack Stanley Biffen, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Charles Sinclair Wright, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Frederick Wilson Ralph, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.