Scampton AFB

Landing (descent or approach)

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ED757

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Test

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Scampton. During flight, the pilot suspected that the port outer engine either had a large coolant leak or was on fire. The crew completed the approach but was forced to overshoot when the airplane crash landed in a barley field located at Morrison's Farm, North Carlton, about 1,500 metres south of the airbase. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all occupants escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt T. J. Piggin, pilot +4.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Den Hoorn: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0240 LT

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ED943

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Plain, Valley

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2304LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed south of Den Hoorn, Texel Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Dougal Hamish Reid, pilot,
F/O Walter John Wheeler, pilot,
Sgt George Samwell Hodges, flight engineer,
P/O John Colin Evans, navigator,
Sgt Alan McGeoch Sandars, bomb aimer,
P/O James Walter Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Telfer, air gunner,
F/O Ernest Henry Patrick, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Lantin: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0120 LT

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ED781

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2252LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lantin. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Fallows, pilot, †
Sgt John Walter Sykes, flight engineer, †
Sgt Harry Naiman, navigator, †
Sgt Ivor Hedley Lambdin, bomb aimer,
Sgt William George Thomas Day, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Brinley Simpson, air gunner, †
Sgt Francis John Maddock Steer, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0239 LT

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W4377

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2316LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boxtel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Graham Kitson, pilot,
Sgt George Hull, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Douglas Pain, navigator,
Sgt Maynard Hargrave Burston, bomb aimer,
Sgt Louis John Ray, wireless operator,
Sgt George Albert Robinson, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Alexander, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Alkmaar: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0250 LT

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ED668

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2256LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Alkmaar, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Butler Dowding, pilot,
Sgt George Alfred Ayres, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Mountford Adie Burgess, navigator,
Sgt Walter George Redman, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Louis Hyam, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Ernest Tuck, air gunner,
P/O Clifford James Challenger, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III at RAF Scampton

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1943 at 1730 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Registration:

EE145

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Training

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Yes

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1525LT on an local training mission. It returned to base at 1730LT and landed on wet grass. Due to the prevailing conditions, the brakes were ineffective and the Lancaster came to a stop with its undercarriage collapsed. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
F/Lt J. L. Munro, pilot,
Sgt F. Appleby,
F/O G. Rumbles,
Sgt J. H. Clay,
W/O P. E. Pigeon,
Sgt W. Howarth,
F/Sgt H. A. Weeks, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Oudeschild: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0249 LT

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ED707

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2240LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee 7 km south of Oudeschild. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ernest Keele Chivers, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Richard Bayles, flight engineer,
Sgt Philip Parkin, navigator,
Sgt Ivor Armstrong Jervis, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Arthur Robb, wireless operator,
Sgt William Henry Bestwick, air gunner,
Sgt William Barrymore Rawnsley, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Egmond aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0201 LT

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ED970

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2235LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. The following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km west of Egmond aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Ramsay Leslie, pilot,
Sgt Harry Kleiner, flight engineer,
P/O John Robert Morton, navigator,
Sgt Peter Hemingway, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Keir Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter James Bennett, air gunner,
Sgt Peter Daly, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Castricum: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943 at 0257 LT

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ED887

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