Schoonebeek | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route, while overflying Holland, the aircraft was attacked by a German fighter. The captain ordered all occupants to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. The aircraft christened 'Susie Sag Tits' went out of control and crashed in an open field located some 2 km south of Schoonebeek. A crew was killed while all nine other occupants escaped unhurt.

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Shot down by fighter

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Schoonebeek: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0207 LT

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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W4984

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schoonebeek. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Beresford Milton Troy Davis, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Rowlands, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Douglas Dyce, navigator, †
F/Sgt Clarence Goldthorpe, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Jack Stanley Biffen, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Charles Sinclair Wright, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Frederick Wilson Ralph, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Schoonebeek: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941 at 1630 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE151

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1210LT On an operation to Oldenburg. It is believed that it was hit by the German Flak over the target area, and while returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it crash landed in Schoonebeek. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Stanley Hartgroves, pilot,
P/O Anthony Carter, navigator, †
Sgt Ron Yearsley, wireless operator,
Sgt Doug Martin, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.