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

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED618
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doornspijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O John David Steele, pilot,
Sgt John Hence, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Michael John Bennett, navigator,
Sgt D'Arcy Gould, bomb aimer,
F/O Norman James Ritchie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Stanley Grundy, air gunner,
Sgt William David George O'Brien, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2306 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED736
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening on an operation to Essen. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ramsdorf, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Norton Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Frank Joseph Hackett, flight engineer,
Sgt Goronwy Wyn Jones, navigator,
Sgt Idrys Wyn Lloyd Llewellyn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roy Cyril Horton, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Arthur Ramsey, air gunner,
Sgt Roger Leslie Hodgson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in South Cliffe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED552
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 0331LT on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, it collided with trees and crashed in South Cliffe, about 5 km east of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Wallace Thomas Hobday, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Maydew, flight engineer,
F/O Laurence Waite, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Waterhouse, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Stanley Ransom, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas James Knock, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Hanover: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943 at 2228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4322
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Berlin. Approaching Hanover, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Langenhagen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Bell, pilot,
Sgt George Edward Moore, flight engineer,
P/O Frank Prosperine, navigator,
Sgt George Wilson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Shields Priestley, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick John Edwards, air gunner,
W/O Richard Wilfred Gerald Hogan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Saint-Nazaire: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1943 at 2158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED375
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1845LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Raymond Lewis, pilot,
Sgt William Rishton, flight engineer,
Sgt John Conroy, navigator,
P/O John Leslie Metcalfe, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Henry Sibley, wireless operator,
Sgt John Richard Jeffrey, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Davies, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Essen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4862
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Richard Kee, pilot,
Sgt William Hynd, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Dennis Slade, observer,
Sgt Stanley Gordon Smith, observer,
Sgt William Edmund Greasley, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Shaw, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Steed, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1943 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED374
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1830LT on February 16 an operation to Lorient. Over France, it was hit by the German Flak but was able to return to base where it crashed upon landing shortly after midnight. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O H. G. Harrower, pilot,
Sgt W. Hughes,
Sgt B. Duff,
Sgt H. A. Rideout,
Sgt A. W. Beveridge,
Sgt T. Jenkins,
Sgt W. O'Brien, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Hit by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4313
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1730LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alan Ernest Hiley, pilot,
Sgt Fred Travis Spivey,
Sgt Frederick Harley Paterson,
Sgt Reginald Thomas Bozier,
Sgt Richard Arthur Collins,
Sgt Thomas Teviotdale,
Sgt Sydney George Quinlan, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Rijk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943 at 0217 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED447
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor at 0020LT on an operation to Hamburg. Over Amsterdam, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed in Rijk, south of Schiphol Airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Ralph Patrick Campbell, pilot,
W/O Frank James Belanger,
Sgt John Charles Jacques,
Sgt John Leslie Barden,
Sgt Samuel David Wall,
Sgt Wilfred Eric Debeurier,
W/O Gordon James Hutchinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED443
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1700LT on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Dortmund, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Thomas Wiltshire, pilot,
Sgt Ernest John Chapman,
Sgt Gordon Joseph Smale,
F/Sgt James Sydney Durward,
Sgt John Carr,
F/O Kenneth Stanton Kibble,
Sgt Matthew Irons Sharpley, air gunner.