Dalton AFB

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HE864

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2235LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ittersum, south of Zwolle. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Wilbert Johnson, pilot, †
Sgt James Lennox Boyd, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Prosnyck, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Donald Edward Thomson, wireless operator,
Sgt Jean Joseph Levasseur, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Wangerooge Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943

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HE728

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2057LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation in the Rosemary region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wangerooge Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Kenneth Edward Radcliff, pilot,
F/Sgt William Mackenzie Manson, navigator,
F/Sgt James Victor Agate,
Sgt Ian Peter Douglas Rushton,
F/Sgt Henry Vaynor Smith-Jones, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Wilhelmshaven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943

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HE543

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2059LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation in the Rosemary region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Albert Parkinson, pilot,
Sgt William Collier, flight engineer,
F/O Geoffrey Meakins, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Peter Garnett, wireless operator,
P/O Cyril Rene Balcer, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Dülken: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1943 at 0234 LT

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HZ365

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Dülken

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 0025LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over Germany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dülken, 10 km northwest of Mönchengladbach. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lorne Ronald Coutts, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Allan Smith, navigator, †
Sgt Philip Henry Snow.
Sgt Raymond William Stockton, wireless operator, †
W/O Werner Charles Hencke, air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Sankt Peter: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1943 at 0139 LT

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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HE176

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2114LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in hilly terrain northeast of Sankt Peter. The pilot was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
W/O William Scott Harris, pilot, †
P/O Denys Haughton Ferry,
Sgt Richard Twiss Sutton,
Sgt James Lawrence Warren,
F/Sgt Theodore Heyward White, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Heerdt

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1943 at 2345 LT

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DF635

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Heerdt

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2122LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Heerdt, in the northwest suburb of Düsseldorf. All five crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O R. M. Buckham, pilot,
F/O N. W. Rodin, flight engineer,
P/O G. C. Fletcher, navigator,
Sgt J. D. Fraser, wireless operator,
Sgt T. Whitehead, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Vlieland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 5, 1943 at 0046 LT

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HE432

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The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2030LT on April 4 on an operation to Kiel. The following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert George Tighe, pilot,
F/O Howard Clinton Irwin, observer,
F/Sgt Kenneth Willard Rosevear, bomb aimer,
P/O William Daylor Heslip, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence Dennis Ryan, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off RAF Acklington: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1943

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HE175

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