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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED568
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Geldern
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 2130LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the hamlet of Baersdonk located south of Geldern, 32 km west northwest of Duisburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Leader John Arnott McKinnon, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Frederick Walter Chappell, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Spencer Sweetlove, observer,
Sgt Richard James Bruce Montigue, observer,
Sgt Harry Jenkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril James Grimshaw, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Henry Knowles, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED351
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Geldern
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 Waddington at 2050LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the hamlet of Baersdonk located south of Geldern, 32 km west northwest of Duisburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ivan Charles Haines, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Richardson, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Asbury, navigator,
Sgt Ralph Gregory Prince, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Glenister Ward, wireless operator,
W/O Edwin Strandberg, air gunner,
Sgt Louis John Yeo, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Geldern: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0126 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X3339
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Geldern
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Alconbury at 2314LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. After passing the Dutch/German border, it collided with another RAF Wellington registered DV699. Out of control, it entered a dive and crashed in Geldern, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Edward Arthur Smith, pilot,
Sgt Guy Hesketh Chamberlin, pilot,
F/O Alexander Klinniburgh, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Buchanan, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert McCrae, air gunner,
P/O Dudley Ellis, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Geldern: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0126 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV699
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Location:
Geldern
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2308LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. After passing the Dutch/German border, it collided with another RAF Wellington registered X3339. Out of control, it entered a dive and crashed in Geldern. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter McDonald Morison, pilot,
Sgt William Lyall Edmond Traquair, observer, †
Sgt Ernest Desmond Walters, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Edward Pringle Grieve, air gunner, †
Sgt John Harry Coxon, air gunner. †
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