Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Essen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5749
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Essen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1859LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Lennox McDonald, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Roland Joseph Youngs, flight engineer, †
Sgt Henry Stuart Fell Bishell, navigator, †
F/Sgt Robert Neil Lindsay, bomb aimer,
Sgt Bernard James Eckett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Edward Blake Clampitt, air gunner, †
Sgt Robin Cecil Carrow Owen, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Essen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT799
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Essen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1925LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Cedric Alan Newland, pilot, †
Sgt C. S. Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt John Davidson Haigh, navigator, †
Sgt Robert William Floyd, observer, †
Sgt Dennis James Druett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Martin Harvey Christie Crow, air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Edward Beaven, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4862
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Essen
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 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Richard Kee, pilot,
Sgt William Hynd, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Dennis Slade, observer,
Sgt Stanley Gordon Smith, observer,
Sgt William Edmund Greasley, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Shaw, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Steed, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED544
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Essen
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 Grimsby at 1937LT on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances near the target area. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Moseley Peake, pilot,
Sgt Harold Jowitt, flight engineer,
Sgt Roger Fisher Rowe Sides, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Reece Roberts, radio operator,
Sgt Ernest Hodgson, bomb aimer,
P/O Douglas Invicta Arthur, air gunner,
Sgt William Eric Chamberlain, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4928
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Essen
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 Wyton at 1917LT on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L David Alston Johnstone McClure, pilot,
Sgt James MacFarlane, flight engineer,
F/Lt Orville Ray Waterbury, navigator,
P/O Derek Graham Lovell, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Percy John Musk, wireless operator,
F/Lt Alexander Fraser MacQueen, air gunner,
P/O Llewellyn Edgar Warren, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943 at 2115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4918
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Essen
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 Syerston at 1857LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt William James Picken, pilot,
Sgt James Ferguson Lindsay Wilson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Laurence Gilbert Hudson, navigator,
Sgt James Edward Bonson, navigator,
W/O Joseph Charles Edward Dellar, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Leadbitter, air gunner,
Sgt Graham James Powell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9333
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Essen
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 Downham Market at 1929LT on an operation to Essen. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kray, in the east suburb of the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Arthur Ratcliffe, pilot,
Sgt James Turner, flight engineer,
Sgt David Henry Melville, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Edwin Waddington, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Keith Ronald Heming,
Sgt John Thomas Charlton, air gunner,
Sgt William Thomas Hurl, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Essen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE270
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Essen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1915LT on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alfred Campbell Yielder, pilot,
Sgt Charles John Herbert Smith, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Dennis Baker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph William Gould, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Linacre, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4138
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Location:
Essen
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 Wigsley in the evening of September 16 on an operation to Essen. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed while approaching the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Hope Huntley, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Albert Low, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leslie Edwin Bell, observer,
F/Sgt John Nelson Secoro King, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Richard Gilchrist, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Stuart Harold Cowley, air gunner,
F/Sgt Murray Rowe Crocker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Essen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1380
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Essen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2020LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed while approaching the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Whear,
Sgt L. E. Holland,
F/Sgt D. Udell,
Sgt W. Davis,
F/Sgt J. H. E. Marriott.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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