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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Kilder

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Kilder
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2206LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kilder. All eight crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Ingram Maitland Bell, pilot,
Sgt Albert Edward Bumstead, pilot,
Sgt Alan Forster, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Mitchell Farrington, navigator,
Sgt Horac James Hamlyn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Jack Marshall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Bellows Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Brian Thompson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Kilder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0218 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV593
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Kilder
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2135LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kilder. The pilot was killed while five other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Cedric Hall Mardon, pilot, †
Sgt William France, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Ernest Mellor, observer,
Sgt Juthri Campbell Bennett Peebles, wireless operator,
Sgt R. Garrod, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Marr, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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