Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Schaephuysen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK468
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Schaephuysen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1841LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Düsseldorf from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schaephuysen, 19 km west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Harry Alwin Hansen, pilot,
F/Sgt Roydon Martin Jupe, navigator,
F/Sgt Burnet Monteith Chamney, bomb aimer,
W/O Philip Hubert Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lorne Edward Kellaway, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Schaephuysen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9628
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Schaephuysen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the afternoon on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaephuysen. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond James Rugg, air gunner, †
Sgt George Mcara Thain, air gunner, †
Sgt Leslie George Eggar,
Sgt Wallis Frederick French,
Sgt Laurence Clifford Howe,
Sgt Kenneth Martin Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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