Crash of a Lockheed 18-40 LodeStar off Skagen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 0138 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed 18 LodeStar
Operator:
Registration:
G-AGEJ
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stockholm – Leuchars
MSN:
2085
YOM:
1942
Location:
Skagen
Nordjylland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
En route from Stockholm-Bromma Airport to RAF Leuchars, while cruising at night off the Danish coast, the twin engine airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea about 50 km northwest of Skagen. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Erik Engnæs, pilot
F/O Per Aas, pilot,
Lt Oddvar Wenger,
Harald Pillgram Wilhelmsen, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V off Skagen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1943 at 2328 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DG244
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Skagen
Nordjylland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1950LT on Operation Vega 3 (Secret Intelligence Service), heading for Norway. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Skagerrak, some 30 km northwest of Skagen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Lloyd Wynne, pilot,
F/Sgt Raymond Robert Rolfe,
Sgt Thomas Bell Colwell,
F/O William Harry Franklin,
Sgt James Cornelius Insole,
Sgt Eric William Foster,
P/O Thomas William Challoner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skagen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4087
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Skagen
Nordjylland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying mission off Frederikshaven. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German flak and crashed into the sea off Skagen. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Littleton Farrands, pilot,
Sgt Percy Dryden Nixon, observer, †
P/O Bernard Green, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Talbot Miller, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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