Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V into The Channel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DG406
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
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 Tempsford at 2320LT on June 11 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) Physician 32 and Charlotte. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Alfred Francis Foster, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Moon,
P/O James Thomas O'Brien,
Sgt John Smith Riddell,
P/O Llewellyn Roberts,
S/L Antony De Quincey Walker,
P/O Frederick Lionel Williams, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Noordbeemster: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1943 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB329
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Noordbeemster
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operation Marrow 35/36 (Special Operation Executive) which was part of the Nordpol Spiel series of flights. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Noordbeemster. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Peter Barton Norris, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Boothroyd, flight engineer, †
Sgt Joseph Henry Dixon, navigator,
Sgt Leslie William Tomlinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur William Mureph, wireless operator,
Sgt William Henry Wild, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick William Green, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Pont-Audemer: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB328
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Pont-Audemer
Eure
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of May 13 on Operation Physician 10 / Roach 6. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Noble, pilot,
Sgt James Woods, flight engineer,
Sgt Dudley Frank West, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Hubbard, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Albert Ball, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Patrick Keating, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB313
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly
Aube
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2235LT on May 12 on Operation Roach 10 / Lime 16 / Donkeyman 1 and headed for France (Special Operation Executive. While returning to base the following night and without being able to complete Lime 16, the airplane was hit by the German Flak. The pilot made an emergency landing in Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly. The airplane was damaged beyond repair. Three crew members evaded and five others became PoW.
Crew.
S/L Cecil Gordon Scott Robinson, pilot,
F/O Ronald Ralph Piddington,
P/O John Thompson Hutchinson,
Sgt W. H. Marshall,
Sgt J. C. Tweed,
F/O F. C. Jeffery,
P/O R. G. Johnson,
F/Sgt L. Martin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT627
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Terschelling
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 Tempsford in the evening of May 11 on Operation Leek 7 / Catarrah 12 and headed for Holland (Special Operation Executive). Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, probably off Terschelling. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jan Polnik, pilot,
F/Sgt Bronisław Wojno, pilot,
Sgt Edward Piatkowski, flight engineer,
F/O Jerzy Polkowski, navigator,
Sgt Jerzy Kurzak, bomb aimer,
Sgt Karol Germansinski, wireless operator,
Sgt Piotr Bednarski, dispatcher.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Ussy: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT725
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Ussy
Calvados
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on the evening of April 17 on Operation Lime 9 (Special Operation Executive), heading for a supply dropping area near Moulins, Ille-et-Vilaine. Outbound, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ussy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Ginter, pilot,
Sgt James Henry Aspden, flight engineer,
Sgt Stefan Gadomski,
F/Lt Bogdan Seweryn Lawrenczuk
F/Sgt Jan Kazimierz Mironow,
Sgt Franciszek Ulasiuk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB363
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operation Porcupine/Mandrill Caracal 3 and Gibbon 2 over Belgium (Special Operation Executive). It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William Arthur Cook, pilot,
Sgt Jack Doy, pilot,
Sgt Edwin George Hammett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Henry Eugene Davidson,
F/Sgt Archie Ernest King,
Sgt William Skelton, navigator,
P/O Robert Weavers Ward,
Sgt James Richard Callan, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Joseph Kimberley, air gunner.

Crash of Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V at RAF Tempsford

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DG409
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Tempsford AFB
Bedfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a test flight at RAF Tempsford. The airplane crashed almost immediately after takeoff due to the failure of the port inner engine. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/O D. A. Cussens, pilot,
Sgt E. Jenner,
P/O Richards,
Sgt George,
F/O Cocker,
Sgt Whyte,
Sgt Betts.
Probable cause:
Loss of control after takeoff following the failure of the port inner engine.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Douvres-la-Délivrande: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB340
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Douvres-la-Délivrande
Calvados
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operation Director 22/Reporter and Surgeon (Special Operation Executive) with eight crew on board. Passing north of Caen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Douvres-la-Délivrande. A crew was killed, four became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
W/O S. Jensen, pilot,
F/O Bolesław Korpowski, flight engineer,
Sgt A. N. Dent,
F/L I. Izycki,
Sgt G. Evans,
Sgt Jan Lesniewicz, wireless operator, †
W/O Leszek Wladysław Zaborowski, air gunner,
W/O L. Urbanski, air gunner.


Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Enkhuizen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1943 at 0136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operations St John/St Andrew Leeks 5/Catarrh 11 (Special Operation Executive), heading for Holland, carrying seven crew members and two Dutch agents. Over Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, northeast of Enkhuizen. An agent drowned and eight other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ernest Clow, pilot,
Sgt Francis Boyd, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas William Robert Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Frank Ross, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Robert Dennis Alexander, wireless operator,
Sgt William Arthur Aberneathy Floyd, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Walter Reynolds, air gunner.
Passengers:
Mr. A. Bergman, †
Mr. P. R. Gerbrand.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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