Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE169
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Noordbeemster: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0054 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED988
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Noordbeemster
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
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 2323LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Noordbeemster, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Jack Naile, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Connah, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald William Mepsted, navigator,
F/O Charles Pharaoh Reynolds, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Dillon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence George Porritt, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Bennett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Dinther: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0123 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED556
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Dinther
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
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 2309LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Drinthe, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Robert Thurlow, pilot,
Sgt Rodney Henry Pyle, flight engineer,
P/O Charles Edward Thompson, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Eric Walters, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Jarman, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Maisner, air gunner,
Sgt George Charles William Norton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III at RAF Grimsby

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE140
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2300LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was badly shot about by a German fighter and on return to base the following night, it crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt L. H. Wright, pilot,
Sgt J. Robinson,
P/O W. Bentley,
Sgt T. J. O'Dea,
Sgt T. J. McLeod,
Sgt D. C. Hodges,
Sgt J. McKean, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Wommelgem: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED553
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Wommelgem
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
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 2245LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wommelgem, 8 km east southeast of Antwerp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Boughton, pilot,
Sgt Alfred John Banfield, flight engineer,
Sgt Douglas Hope Newton Slinger, navigator,
Sgt Cyril Claude Dabson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Ernest Barley, air gunner,
Sgt James Walker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Grashoek: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED973
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Grashoek
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
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 2326LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grashoek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Edmund Stanley Weddell, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Boydell, flight engineer,
Sgt Alfred Robert Veitch, navigator,
Sgt William Cram, bomb aimer,
Sgt Geoffrey Adams Mason, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Gordon Miles Ofield, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edward Barnes Stevenson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Frintrop: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4989
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Frintrop
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 2306LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over Oberhausen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Frintrop, in the northwest suburb of Essen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Eric Dainty, pilot,
Sgt James Addie Kinnear, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Lewis Howarth, navigator,
Sgt Ralph Blackton Butler, bomb aimer,
F/O George May, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Lewis Payne, air gunner,
Sgt Douglas Wallace Bartholomew, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Teuge: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED976
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Teuge
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2325LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed some 2 km northeast of Teuge Airfield. Six crew members were killed and the air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Benjamin Magill, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Nicholas Cummings, flight engineer, †
F/O Charles Bernard Fleming, navigator, †
Sgt William Frederick Bradley, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Gordon Glover, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John William Lake, air gunner, †
Sgt Lynton A. Stephenson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Serooskerke: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0041 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED786
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Serooskerke
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2227LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt south of Serooskerke. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Ross Manahan, pilot,
W/Cdr Ralph Armine Ignatius Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Robert Elston Longster, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard John Collins, navigator,
P/O George McVitty, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Gordon Watts, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Harry Martin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Grimsby: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
MS481
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Location:
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2301LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. The starboard engine failed at 0139LT while flying in the target area at 15,000 feet. At 0230LT, the Wellington was hit by the German Flak off the island of Terschelling and though the flight was continued, at 0415LT the port motor began to falter and the bomber was ditched at 0430LT off the fishing port of Grimsby. A crew drowned after the rear turret broke off and sank. All four other crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. Lachman, pilot,
Sgt J. C. E. Jette,
Sgt R. Askew,
Sgt E. R. Marchand,
Sgt Arthur Francis O'Rourke, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Engine failure.
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