Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Eckernförde: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2256 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7852
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1804LT on an operation to Flensburg. Passing the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eckernförde. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Hope Moller, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Brett, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Thomas McLennon Miller Hunter, observer, †
F/Sgt Cyril Haig MacPherson, observer, †
F/Sgt Clarence Eugene Pickard, wireless operator, †
Sgt Angus Grant McArthur, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin Louis Hughes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Eckernförde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1942 at 2351 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3282
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Eckernförde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Massy Parnham, pilot,
Sgt John Lukies Brown, pilot,
Sgt Robert McGibbon, navigator,
Sgt Campbell Ewen Justin Aitcheson, wireless operator,
Sgt Murray Alaxander McDonald, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Henry Godfrey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Eckernförde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
L7795
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2010LT on July 19 on a bombing mission over Wismar. While flying along the German coast, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in the Eckernförde Bay, some 25 km northwest of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L John Blackwell Sinclair Monypenny, pilot,
F/L Douglas Davidson Middleton,
Sgt Fred Watson,
Sgt Walter Robert Cowell,
Sgt Merle Gott,
P/O Harold Frederic Archidale Lees, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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