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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Niederkrüchten
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2215LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Mönchengladbach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Niederkrüchten. Five crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Everard Binnie, pilot,
F/O Arthur Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Neil Mackintosh Turnbull, flight engineer, †
Sgt Richard Lewis Godden, navigator, †
F/O Graham Harris Joseph, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Mirfin Taylor, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Earl Verdun Doan, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Lancake, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Rosenthal: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4983
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Rosenthal
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2225LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Möchengladbach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rosenthal, north of Wassenberg. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Donald Carr MacKenzie, pilot,
S/L Benjamin Southam Ambrose, pilot,
Sgt James Fraser McLuskey, flight engineer,
P/O Denis Clarke Bovis, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Duncan Moore, bomb aimer,
F/O Leonard Pietsch, wireless operator,
F/Lt Leslie Robert Betts, air gunner,
F/Sgt James Blackman Donohoe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Bergen aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2316LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea west of Bergen aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Basil Frederick Wilmot, pilot,
Sgt Arthur MacDonald, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Thomas William Hill, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Thomas White, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Norman Cross, wireless operator,
Sgt William John Fraser, air gunner,
Sgt William Calvert, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an AVro 683 Lancaster III in Barlo: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0038 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED504
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Barlo
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 Bottesford at 2159LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Flying north of Bocholt, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt John Matthew Desmond, pilot,
Sgt Edward Strangways Davis, flight engineer,
P/O George Cribbin, navigator,
P/O John Norman Lockwood, bomb aimer,
W/O George Frederick Paddon, wireless operator,
F/O Cuthbert Keith Cazaly, air gunner,
P/O John Richard Ryalls, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Burgerbrug: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED695
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Burgerbrug
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2336LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Burgerbrug. Two crew were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Reginald Samuel Giddey, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Graham Keirs, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Read Collins, navigator,
Sgt William Valeric Morris, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert John Avann, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alburn Frederick Birkbeck, air gunner, †
P/O Kenneth Robert Langhorne, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in 's-Gravenwezel: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED768
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
's-Gravenwezel
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2341LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravenwezel. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Maxwell Parsons, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Spencer, flight engineer,
Sgt John Patrick Egan, navigator,
Sgt Norman Jardine Vaulkhard, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Francom Selman, wireless operator,
Sgt R. A. Hunt, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Chalmers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED543
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Kemphausen
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 Bottesford at 2137LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. Homebound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kemphausen, 30 km north northeast of Oberhausen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kevin Eugene Mahoney, pilot,
Sgt Bernard George Hickling, flight engineer,
F/O Edwin Francis Hamilton Heard, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Brian Squires, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Glover Berry, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry William Cox, air gunner,
F/Sgt Byron Leo Haley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 1, 1943 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED771
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Hardewijk
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 0022LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hardewijk. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Rex Ayrton Craigie, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Fair, flight engineer,
F/O Roderick Halliley Capron, navigator, †
P/O Geoffrey John Phillips, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Harold Edwards, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Dunlop Peat, air gunner, †
Sgt John Alston Proctor, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED651
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Plzeň
Plzeň Region (Plzeňský kraj)
Country:
Czech Republic
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2125LT on April 16 on an operation to the Škoda factory in Plzeň. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire over the target area. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured. One of the survivors died from injuries sustained on April 23.
Crew:
Sgt Bruce Craig Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Henry Pallender, flight engineer, †
F/O Frederick Gabriel Boswell,
P/O Robert Stitt,
Sgt Harold Frederick Goode, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Watson Bannatyne, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Dunn, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Poix-de-Picardie: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED780
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Poix-de-Picardie
Somme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2133LT on April 16 on an operation to thew Škoda factory in Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Poix-de-Picardie, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond Clarence Stuart, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Martin, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Frederick McDonald, observer,
F/O Brian Robert McNair, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Claude Anderson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Peter Leonard Boase, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Joseph Johnson, air gunner.
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