Crash of a Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando in Bönninghardt: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Operator:
Registration:
44-77637
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Achiet - Achiet
MSN:
33033
YOM:
1944
Location:
Bönninghardt
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to the 'Operation Varsity'. After 22 paratroopers bailed out, the crew was leaving the combat area when the aircraft was apparently hit by the German Flak. With the left engine on fire, the crew attempted an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed in flames in a field. Three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Isenberg,
2nd Lt Donald Oliver Shire,
2nd Lt John David Stroud.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943 at 2057 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LM304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Bönninghardt
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 Warboys at 1908LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bönninghardt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Stanley Gordon Hookway, pilot,
Sgt Eric Brandreth Alsop, flight engineer,
P/O Frederick William Hart, navigator,
F/O Ronald Douglas Turk, navigator,
Sgt Donald Heap, wireless operator,
F/O Edmund Luff, air gunner,
Sgt Walter Henry Clark, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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