Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Goch: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7629
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Goch
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 Oakington at 0111LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crash in unknown circumstances near Goch, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
P/O Gordon Lewis John, observer,
F/Lt Jack Menzies Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Spalding, wireless operator,
P/O Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelious Johannes Dupreez, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 2359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3589
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Goch
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 Marham at 1953LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed southeast of Goch. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Emrys Owen, pilot,
Sgt Harry Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Edgar Albert Bailey, observer,
Sgt George Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt James Herbert Watkinson, wireless operator,
P/O Henry Taylor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Goch

Date & Time: May 19, 1940 at 2325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1376
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1540
YOM:
1939
Location:
Goch
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Driffield at 2010LT to attack a synthetic oil plant located in the region of Gelsenkirchen. While approaching the target, the bomber was hit by the German Flak. All five occupants abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft crashed in a field near Goch and was destroyed. All five occupants became PoW.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
F/S E. L. G. Hall,
P/O J. T. Glover,
Sgt D. L. Dick,
LAC J. McCutcheon,
AC2 A. Murray.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German Flak.
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