Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Hawnby: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942 at 2215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+GR
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Deelen - Deelen
MSN:
4342
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hawnby
North Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to York. While flying at low height, it impacted a hill and crashed in Hawnby. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Rolf Häusner, pilot,
Uffz Syrius Erd, observer,
Obfw Hartwig Hupe, radio operator,
Obfw Ernst Weiderer, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hawnby: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1942 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7933
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Hawnby
North Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1654LT on December 11 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor visibility when the airplane impacted the slope of a hill near Hawnby. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald John Morgan, pilot,
Sgt Richard Leslie Lines, flight engineer,
Sgt Carl Robert Woolley, navigator,
Sgt Basil Norris, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Harry Casson, wireless operator,
Sgt John Allen McPhee, air gunner,
Sgt Frank Allen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
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