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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Urk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0113 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK768
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
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 Newmarket at 2335LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Rosser Perrott, pilot,
Sgt William Webster Hilditch, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Gordon Douglas Thomson, navigator,
F/Sgt Clifford James Whitelaw, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Cyril Mould, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon William Colyer, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Squire, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Urk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF544
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2349LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Andrew Basil Reginald Airy, pilot,
F/O William Eric Riley, navigator,
Sgt George Charles Green, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Martin Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Ronald Johnson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V off Urk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0206 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DG405
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2335LT on June 22 on Operation St Paul/Harrow and Catarrh (Special Operation Executive). After two Dutch agents, G. A. van Borssum Buisman and H. Letteboer, parachuted to safety, the airplane was returning to base when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 8 km west of Urk. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Blanchard, flight engineer,
Sgt George Noel Cochrane, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon George, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Groom, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles William Hartin, navigator,
P/O Robert Geoffrey Higgins, pilot,
F/Sgt Maynard Hazlett Moore, navigator,
Sgt Robin Douglas Pryde-Watson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Urk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ756
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2007LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 20 km southwest of Urk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leo Patrick Fallon, pilot,
Sgt William Eric Akrill, navigator,
Sgt Leonard George Collings, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles James Joseph Whitton Lamb, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Curtis MacKinnon Moffatt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Urk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942 at 2038 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED333
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
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 Woodhall Spa at 1722LT on an operation to Neustadt. In the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 4 km east of Urk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Samuel Lorne McBurney, pilot,
Sgt James Izatt, flight engineer,
W/O Leonard Everett Thorneycroft, observer,
Sgt William Henry Paul Kelleher, wireless operator,
Sgt Glyn Bull, air gunner,
F/Sgt Stanley Finice Mattoon, air gunner,
W/O Charles Chester Trudell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Urk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1942 at 1802 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1663
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1336LT to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Lingen. While returning to base at the end of the afternoon, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Robert James Sealer Parsons, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Leonard Clough, observer, †
F/Sgt John Austin Parker, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Mitchell Gilmour, air gunner,
Sgt John James Stansell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Urk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1470
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2331LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Urk. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Frederick Whittick, pilot, †
P/O Albert Ernest William Webb, observer, †
Sgt Jack Douglas Hancocks, bomb aimer, †
P/O Charles Rowland Lark, wireless operator,
Sgt Allan Edwin McCrae, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Urk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1204
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2325LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Teofil Jerzy Kubiak, pilot,
Sgt Zdzisław Czapski, pilot,
F/O Henryk Krasnodebski, navigator,
Sgt Longin Pokra, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanisław Lugowski, air gunner,
Sgt Marian Józef Lozinski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Urk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1942 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3596
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2257LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the IJsselmeer, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 3,5 km off Urk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Ernest Holder, pilot,
Sgt Noel Hensley Blair, pilot,
P/O Ronald William Barlow, observer,
Sgt Kenneth John Raiswell, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas James Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ryan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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