Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Norderstedt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1942 at 0357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
R5782
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Norderstedt
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Skellingthorpe 2340LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed northeast of Norderstedt. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
The crew were:
P/O Gordon Baker, pilot, †
F/Sgt C. B. Mackenzie, pilot,
Sgt F. J. S. Pearce, observer,
Sgt R. B. Dawson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt A. T. Griffiths, wireless operator,
Sgt S. Crawford, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Knight, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Norderstedt: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1462
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Norderstedt
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of May 11 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Norderstedt, north of Hamburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Grahame Toplis, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richard Kenneth Burley, pilot,
Sgt Arnold Walker Gibson, observer,
Sgt Hubert William John Barr, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Livesey, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Webley James, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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