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

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0028 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR717
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Leopoldsburg
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2213LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leopoldsburg, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
W/O Jack Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Harry Simpson, flight engineer,
F/O Wallace Clifford Luther, navigator,
F/O Derrick Roy Woodroffe, bomb aimer,
Sgt Horace Derrick Young, wireless operator,
Sgt Fred Dykes, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Mason Ellis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Nieuw-Heeten: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR775
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Nieuw-Heeten
Overijssel
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 Lissett at 2253LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nieuw-Heeten, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Hubert Wyatt, pilot,
Sgt William John Erdbeer, flight engineer,
Sgt John Leonard Atha, navigator,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Tilbury, navigator,
Sgt George Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Rene Real Mantha, air gunner,
Sgt John Simmons, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Wüllen: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0204 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR781
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Wüllen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2222LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wüllen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Neil Gillies, pilot, †
Sgt John Frederick Hinds, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Clifford Hall, navigator, †
Sgt Terence Stephen John Crawley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Warburton, air gunner, †
Sgt Robin Michael Ernest Harrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR773
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2042LT to lay mines in the Silverthorne area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea or maybe the Kattegat. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Richard David Roberts, pilot,
Sgt Edward James Culley,
Sgt Walter Gilbert Dent,
F/Sgt John Duncan Duthie Mackie,
W/O William Edward Ernest Priddin,
P/O Arthur Reginald Schofield,
Sgt Maurice Albert Gibson, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Büttgen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Büttgen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Büttgen, 14 km southwest of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Claude William Gebhard, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Gilbert Goodfellow, flight engineer,
Sgt Eric Walter John Bennett, navigator,
F/Sgt Reginald Henry Barnes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Lewis Barnes, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Edward Taylor, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Charles Brownlow, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Drøsselbjerg: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1943 at 0201 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR722
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Drøsselbjerg
Sjælland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2118LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. While returning to base the following night and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea west of Drøsselbjerg. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt David James Donaldson, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Whyatt, flight engineer,
Sgt Henry Frederick Daniel Lay, navigator,
F/Lt Wilfred John Parsons, navigator,
Sgt David Frank Rawlinson Banks, bomb aimer,
Sgt George William Cole, wireless operator,
Sgt Michael Joseph Fitzgerald, air gunner,
P/O George Harold Willis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Void-Vacon

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR779
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Void-Vacon
Meuse
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2111LT on April 16 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Void-Vacon. All seven crew members parachuted, four evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Dennis Francis Bertera, pilot,
Sgt Francis Roycroft Berkeley, flight engineer,
Sgt Anthony James Fuge, navigator,
Sgt W. J. Jenkins, bomb aimer,
Sgt J. W. E. Lawrence, wireless operator,
Sgt W. J. Barber, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Durant, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Börrstadt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0016 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR758
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Börrstadt
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2032LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Börrstadt. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Brinley Pearce Jay, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Eric Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Graham Dawes Woodroffe Scholes, navigator,
F/O Kenneth Alan Barrett, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Arthur Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Newdick, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Derrick Fawcett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sigglesthorne: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 0048 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR754
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Sigglesthorne
East Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 1940LT on April 3 on an operation to Essen. The following night, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances between Stud Farm and Wassand Hall which are located east of Sigglesthorne. Four crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt John Keedwell, pilot, †
Sgt John Robert Franks, flight engineer, †
P/O W. R. Simpson, navigator,
F/O John Burgess, bomb aimer, †
Sgt R. S. Nurse, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Victor Loose, air gunner, †
Sgt L. P. Froud, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT795
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Wapenveld
Gelderland
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 Lissett at 1941LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wapenveld, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Frederick Henry Blake, pilot,
Sgt Gerard Stanley Walters, flight engineer,
Sgt William David Hawkins, navigator,
Sgt John Ceredig Jones, bomb aimer,
Sgt Philip Henry Eldridge, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Victor Trollope, air gunner,
W/O Rodney Webber, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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