Leeming AFB

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JB841

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Bergkamen

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2306LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bergkamen, 17 km northeast of Dortmund. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O James Mackenzie Colvin, pilot,
Sgt John Hooper, flight engineer,
P/O Texas Roy Livermore, navigator,
F/O Harry Uretzky, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick Thompson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David Slobotsky, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ernest Henry Alderson, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0155 LT

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JB931

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2347LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Outbound at an altitude of 11,300 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Scheldt River off Hoofdplaat. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Halan Donald Richard Leroy Campbell, pilot,
Sgt John McLaren Harrison, flight engineer,
F/O Archibald Warren Thompson, navigator,
P/O Maurice Henry Joseph Hammill, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Costan Ross, wireless operator,
P/O Albert Elliott Horne, air gunner,
P/O Lloyd Albert Stinson, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Oldeboorn: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0114 LT

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JB898

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2243LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Olderboorn. Three crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Orin Blackhall, pilot, †
P/O Frederick Hamilton Scythes, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Edward Emmons, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Carl Borthwick Norton, navigator,
Sgt George Irving Semper, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Kenneth Eric Godfrey, wireless operator,
P/O Albert James Sutton, air gunner, †
Sgt Clarence Leslie Horn, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Harlingen: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943

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HR658

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2240LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by two German fighters and crashed into the sea 20 km southwest of Harlingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gudmundur Arnpor Johannesson, pilot,
Sgt Cameron William Ellard, flight engineer,
F/O William Angus Grant, navigator,
F/Sgt Malcolm Roy Edgar Metcalfe, bomb aimer,
W/O Donat Cyprien Romain Nault, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Roger Victor Clitheroe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Jack Colin Archer, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by two German fighters.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Lesquielles-Saint-Germain: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0437 LT

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BB343

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Lesquielles-Saint-Germain

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Aisne

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France

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2057LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lesquielles-Saint-Germain, 26 km northeast of Saint-Quentin. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Joseph Jacques Alfred Guay, pilot,
Sgt Harold Walter Fill, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Lloyd George Haines, navigator,
F/Sgt Francois Rolland Pilon, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Harry Winter, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Irving MacDonald, air gunner,
Sgt Anthony Patrick Gielty, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0408 LT

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DT752

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2100LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Nassogne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Raymond Louis Sergent, pilot,
Sgt Harry George Machell, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Robert Cocks, navigator,
Sgt Geoffrey Maxted Hill, navigator,
Sgt Donald Frederick Gargrave, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Kwasney, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cecil Davis Heming, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Bierfeld: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0305 LT

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JB925

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2104LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bierfeld, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Clifford Oscar Hatle, pilot,
F/O Thomas Harold O'Connell, pilot,
Sgt William George Kapuscinski, flight engineer,
F/O Laurence Henry Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Frederick Osmond, navigator,
W/O John William Gibson, wireless operator,
W/O Henry Richmond, air gunner,
F/Sgt Albert Andrew Tschantre, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Louppy-le-Château: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0003 LT

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JB854

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2105LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. Just after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Louppy-le-Château, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Chetwynd Heming, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Crawford Cantley, flight engineer,
W/O Roland Birchall, navigator,
F/Sgt Demetre Zaleschuk, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard William Mason, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Johannes Jorgensen, air gunner,
Sgt Steve Archie, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Tugny-et-Pont: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1943 at 0322 LT

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