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

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2344 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4880
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Bockhorn
Lower Saxony
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 Elsham Wolds at 1851LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing south of Wilhelmshaven, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bockhorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Gilbert William Stanhope, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frazer, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Clinton Pulley, navigator,
Sgt Philip Smart, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Foley, air gunner,
Sgt James Dennis Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bockhorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1941 at 0033 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X3205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Bockhorn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Bockhorn, south of Wilhelmshaven. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Gordon Sloman, pilot, †
Sgt James Allen Ward, pilot, †
Sgt Robert William Toller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Hutley Toothill, air gunner, †
Sgt Lloyd Elroy Peterson,
Sgt Harold Cook Watson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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