Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL in Wesel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-15266
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
19732
YOM:
1944
Location:
Wesel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to the 'Operation Varsity'. While approaching Wesel, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
1st Lt Albert E. Mitchell,
S/Sgt Michael P. O'Hara,
T/Sgt William A. Pennington Jr.,
2nd Lt Jack E. Smalley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL in Wesel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-15256
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
19722
YOM:
1944
Location:
Wesel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to the 'Operation Varsity'. While approaching Wesel, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field, killing three crew members and injuring two others.
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert E. Allen,
S/Sgt Richard D. Brady,
T/Sgt Norman E. Brown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Wesel: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT674
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Wesel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2315LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 4 km north of Wesel. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Oswald Greig, pilot,
Sgt John Douglas Blewett, flight engineer,
W/O Welland Victor Neuman, navigator,
F/O Cedric Anton Vogel, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Albert Ivor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Vincent John Raymo Veys, air gunner, †
W/O Joseph Napoleon Pascal Eugene Comeau, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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