Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Den Hoorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0213 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DK183
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Leeming in the evening of June 12 on a bombing mission to Bochum, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in flames in a field. Four crew were killed while three others were injured.
Crew (427th Squadron):
P/O Al M. Fellner, pilot,
Sgt J. Imms, †
P/O G. Dalton, †
P/O W. Thurston,
P/O B. Tedford, †
Sgt A. Dixon, †
P/O G. Huston.
Source & photos: http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem23.htm
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Den Hoorn: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942 at 1847 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4126
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the afternoon on an operation to Nienburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Den Hoorn. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Lawrence Gerard Lyons McNamara, pilot, †
Sgt George Alan Read, flight engineer,
F/O James William Loree, observer, †
F/O Raymond Norman McCleery, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Robert MacLeod, wireless operator, †
Sgt Geoffrey Beckett, air gunner, †
Sgt Gordon William Jones, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.