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

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR692
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Horst
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 Melbourne at 1921LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horst, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Barker, pilot,
Sgt William Lloyd George Thompson, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Alfred Mills, navigator,
F/O Ronald James Paul, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Evan Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt James Freel, air gunner,
Sgt George Albert Hyatt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Horst: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7576
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Horst
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2340LT on July 25 on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horst. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Wilbert Andrews Shoemaker, pilot, †
Sgt Phillip Denis Byrne, flight engineer, †
Sgt Herbert Arthur Robinson, navigator,
Sgt Daniel Leon Evans, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard John Fletcher, wireless operator,
Sgt G. D. G. Muir, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Chisholm Fitzgerald, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Horst: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8867
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pershore - Pershore
Location:
Horst
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pershore at 2255LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horst. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Ewart, pilot,
P/O Reginald Alfred Minchin, observer,
P/O George Gascoyne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Robert Stuart, wireless operator,
P/O Reginald Scriven, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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