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

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED604
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Bottrop
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 Langar at 1923LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Bottrop, about 10 km northwest of Essen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Michael Eugene Doble, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Garden, flight engineer,
F/O Brendan Clitheroe, navigator,
P/O Ian Alistair Hardy Linklater, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Leo Litolff, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Stonehouse Carr, air gunner,
F/Sgt Thomas Jack Walker, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Bottrop: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1942 at 2319 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT190
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Bottrop
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2122LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Oberhausen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Bottrop. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Marshall, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Woodhead, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Webster, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Alfred Collins, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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