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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Heeten: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED914
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Heeten
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2326LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heeten. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Jeffrey Scholes, pilot,
F/Sgt Alexander Cook, flight engineer, †
F/O William John Harding-Haydon, navigator, †
Sgt Kenneth William Woodcock, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Watkinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Price, air gunner,
Sgt Emrys Russell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Heeten: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1942 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8339
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Heeten
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2340LT on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Heeten. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alojyz Pawel Gusowski, pilot, †
F/O Henryk Aleksander Jankiewicz, navigator, †
Sgt Kazimierzj Jan Ardelli, wireless operator, †
F/Lt Stefan Bołeslaw Madejczyk, air gunner,
Sgt Marian Swiderski, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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