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Crash of a Percival P.66 Pembroke 52/2 off Esbjerg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1958
Type of aircraft:
Percival P.66 Pembroke
Operator:
Registration:
69-695
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
86
YOM:
1956
Location:
Esbjerg
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Esbjerg while conducting a training mission. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Esbjerg: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Esbjerg
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2042LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Radish area. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Keith Halliburton, pilot,
Sgt Devinder Singh Sidhu, flight engineer,
Sgt Patrick Torre Hunter, navigator,
Sgt Leslie Thomas Scarfe, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Church, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Henry George Boxall, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Clunie Howell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Esbjerg: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9290
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Esbjerg
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2041LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Radish area. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alfred Edward Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Andrew Graham, flight engineer,
Sgt Henry George Corin, navigator,
F/O Charles John Bickham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Moulton, wireless operator,
Sgt John Herbert Whitehart, air gunner,
Sgt Victor Charles Howes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Esbjerg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942 at 0048 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7618
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Esbjerg
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2107LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Esbjerg. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Norman Galloway, †
Sgt John Anderson MacPherson, †
P/O James Ronald Fairbank Soutar, observer, †
Sgt Percival George Henry Strudwick, flight engineer, †
P/O Irven Granger McDaniel,
Sgt Carlyle Arthur Powell,
Sgt William Nixon Wilkinson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Esbjerg: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942 at 0246 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Esbjerg
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2225LT on a mine laying operation in the Danish Sound off Verbena. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Peter Wynn Mason West, pilot,
P/O Robert Lorne Storey, observer,
Sgt Eric Knight,
F/O Robert Wallace Komiski,
Sgt Edward Colin Marshall, wireless operator,
Sgt John Walter Morton, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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