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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Roermond: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED363
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Roermond
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2251LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Roermond. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Ingersole Gates, pilot, †
Sgt George Reuben Stacey Cayless, flight engineer, †
Sgt Hugh Harvey Mooney, navigator, †
Sgt Edward Pike, bomb aimer,
Sgt Bernard Henry Dolby, wireless operator,
W/O Thomas William John Copeland, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Gordon Hole, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Roermond: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF398
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Roermond
Limburg
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 Newmarket at 2332LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Roermond, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Richard Barry Vernazoni, pilot,
Sgt Walter Bramwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Owen Alfred Innes, navigator,
F/O Harold Tong, bomb aimer,
F/O Charles Hudson Riddle, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Rodger Cardoo, air gunner,
Sgt James John Chandler, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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