Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V near Nienborg: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0134 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK177
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Nienborg
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2304LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed few km north Nienborg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Alfred Henri Pullan, pilot,
Sgt Ian Brodie Nicol, flight engineer,
F/O John Kay, navigator,
Sgt John George Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lawrence Charles Gearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Baker, air gunner,
W/O John Edward Buxton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Nienborg: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR795
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Location:
Nienborg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2258LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nienborg. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Joseph Ayres, pilot, †
F/Sgt Ronald Hageman, flight engineer, †
W/O Arthur Haydn Porter, navigator,
Sgt Frank Charles Cleaver, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Leslie James Miles, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leonard Marshall, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Cavill, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Nienborg

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Nienborg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2032LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed 2 km northeast of Nienborg. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Stanley Courtnall,
P/O William Kenneth Mackey,
Sgt Percival Stephenson MacNutt,
Sgt Ronald Perkin,
Sgt John Stewart Saunders,
Sgt Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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