Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Büttgen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9266
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Büttgen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2342LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Büttgen, 16 km south of Krefeld. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Desmond Ince, pilot, †
W/O Frederick Clive Fray, flight engineer,
F/Lt Herbert Alan Winfield, navigator,
F/Sgt Ernest Davenport, bomb aimer,
F/O James William Roch, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Allcock, air gunner,
F/Lt Arthur George Collings, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Büttgen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Büttgen
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 Lissett on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Büttgen, 14 km southwest of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Claude William Gebhard, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Gilbert Goodfellow, flight engineer,
Sgt Eric Walter John Bennett, navigator,
F/Sgt Reginald Henry Barnes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Lewis Barnes, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Edward Taylor, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Charles Brownlow, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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