Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near RAF Martlesham Heath: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942 at 0434 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5752
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Martlesham Heath AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Then airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0116LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was hit by the German Flak, which knocked out two engines, and on return, the Lancaster flew through tree tops and crashed at 0434LT in a field located 3 km northwest of RAF Martlesham Heath. A crew was killed, two others were injured and four bailed out in the vicinity of Orford.
Crew:
Sgt William Patrick Joseph Gregory-Coleman, †
P/O G. S. Jeffreys,
Sgt P. Maloney,
Sgt J. C. H. Morgan,
Sgt O. D. Blaha,
Sgt W. L. Vander Dasson,
Sgt J. Harrison.
Probable cause:
Loss of two engines after being hit by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Tinlot: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942 at 0159 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5763
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Tinlot
Liège
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2314LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tinlot. Three crew members were killed, three others became PoW and a seventh evaded.
Crew:
P/O Ronald George Lewis, pilot, †
Sgt William Stewart Collins, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert George Reynolds, †
Sgt J. H. Pearson,
Sgt Dennis William Cane,
Sgt Thomas William Hayes,
Sgt Edward Bradshaw.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5897
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Kalchreuth
Bavaria
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 Scampton at 2104LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Kalchreuth, some 12 km north of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward George Burton, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Claude Ibbotson, wireless operator,
Sgt Kent Newbery,
Sgt James Duckett Osbaldeston, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie James Capton, air gunner,
Sgt John Breivis, air gunner,
Sgt Gilbert Aitken Swan.

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

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942 at 0015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
L7567
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Maasbracht
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 Scampton at 2111LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. While overflying The Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Maasbracht, some 10 km southwest of Roermond. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O John Allen, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, navigator, †
Sgt George Hector Miller Gordon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Bridlington

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1942 at 0710 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE154
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Bridlington
Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it drifted too far to the north over the sea and ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the airplane in the early morning some 64 km off Bridlington. The airplane sank and was lost and all four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Bergen op Zoom: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942 at 0346 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5619
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Bergen op Zoom
North Holland
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 Scampton 0032LT On an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base few hours later, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Bergen op Zoom. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harold Hopper Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Alexander Wilson, flight engineer,
F/O Herbert Boyd Barber, navigator,
P/O Jack William Corfield, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest Arnold Rudge, wireless operator,
Sgt John McCarten, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Hugh Brash, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0208 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5620
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Winkelsett
Lower Saxony
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 Scampton at 2348LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Winkelsett, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Ralph Farrow, pilot,
Sgt Frank Charles Pearman, flight engineer,
Sgt Percy Warren Barrett, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Joseph Neil, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Harvey Donald Calder, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Corns, air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Bailey Norman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1942 at 0147 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7387
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2330LT on June 20 on an operation to Emden. Approaching the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (49th Squadron:
Sgt John Ormond O'Brien, pilot,
Sgt Charles Edward Goldring, pilot,
Sgt Terence Francis Breen McKenna, observer,
Sgt Keith Allen, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harrington Warren Price, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Garos, air gunner,
Sgt Neville John Rogers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Ameland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1942 at 0308 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5636
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
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 Scampton at 2214LT on June 11 to lay mines. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Kenneth Williams, pilot,
P/O Phillip Stanley Mackay, flight engineer,
Sgt Dennis Neill O’Day, navigator,
Sgt Derek John Monk, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Harry Clarke, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Menzies Spence, air gunner,
Sgt John William Melhuish, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5621
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Baltic Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2216LT on June 11 to lay mines in the Baltic Sea. Over the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Michael Arthur Sproule, pilot,
Sgt Robert Collier Driver, pilot,
P/O Donald George Williams, observer, †
F/Sgt Wallace Stockport, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Hayne England, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ralph Henry Dominy, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Rupert Vernon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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