Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Oberhausen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4982
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2304LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oberhausen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Maurice Edgar Rust, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ashworth, flight engineer,
Sgt James Munro Hurson, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest Charles Stally, wireless operator,
Sgt George Charles Chapman, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Francis Foden, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Oberhausen: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4938
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 0015LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Oberhausen, north of Duisburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas William Henry Evans, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Leonard Goodwin, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Charles Meyer,
Sgt Sydney Ogden,
Sgt Thomas Henry Skelton, bomb aimer,
F/O Frederick Arthur Alp, air gunner,
F/Sgt Samuel Leenoy Whitehead, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Oberhausen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2308 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED524
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1934LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oberhausen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Arthur Mitchell Paape, pilot,
Sgt Louis Thomas Fulcher, flight engineer,
F/O Harold North, navigator,
F/O Thomas Dring, wireless operator,
Sgt William Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Derrick Joseph Rishworth Robinson, air gunner,
F/O John Maxwell Stewart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Oberhausen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AE391
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1040LT on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Oberhausen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Samuel Victor Crowhurst, pilot,
F/Lt Harold Dudley Webber, pilot,
Sgt Frank Norman, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Robson-Scott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.