Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Mönchengladbach: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2301 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LM302
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Mönchengladbach
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 Wyton at 2010LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mönchengladbach. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Desmond Calvert, pilot,
Sgt Robinson Bee, flight engineer,
P/O George Mackay, navigator,
Sgt James Carleton Aston, bomb aimer,
P/O John Horace Ridd, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond O'Brien, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Ralph Tomlinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Mönchengladbach: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2118 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4846
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Mönchengladbach
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 Wyton at 1935LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Mönchengladbach, some 47 km northwest of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Samuel Robinson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Alfred Hayes, flight engineer,
P/O Derrick Norrington, navigator,
W/O Mark David Willis Hambrook, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John Harold Henderson, wireless operator,
S/L Ernest Robert Simpson, air gunner,
Sgt Wallace Anthony Ringe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Mönchengladbach: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
L7537
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Mönchengladbach
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 Waddington on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it went out of control and crashed near Mönchengladbach, killing the entire crew.
Crew (44th Squadron):
F/Sgt Norman Tetley, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Forman, flight engineer,
Sgt John MacIntyre MacMahon, observer,
Sgt Edward Byron Egan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gerard Kelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Rix, air gunner,
Sgt Charley Norman Gardner, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Mönchengladbach: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3670
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Mönchengladbach
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2305LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. In unclear circumstances, the airplane crashed near Mönchengladbach, killing the entire crew. An in-flight collision with another RAF bomber is possible.
Crew:
Sgt William Harry Arnold,
P/O Anthony De Faye Gardner,
Sgt Ronald Edward Hart,
Sgt Denis Pearson,
Sgt Ivan Bernard Harry Spooner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Mönchengladbach: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1366
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1530
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mönchengladbach
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Driffield at 2025LT on a bombing mission over Mönchengladbach. While approaching the target, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. A crewman survived and became PoW while all four other occupants were killed.
Crew (77th Squadron):
F/O Thomas Hayward Parrott, pilot,
F/O D. Blew, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Todd Atchison, observer,
LAC Terence Poad, wireless operator,
AC2 Tudno Jones, wireless operator and air gunner.
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