Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Wieringerwerf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1943 at 1940 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4769
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Wieringerwerf
North Holland
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 Syerston at 1721LT on an operation to Essen. After passing the Dutch coast, it suffered an explosion and crashed in Wieringerwerf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Harry Bird, pilot,
Sgt John Davis, flight engineer,
F/O Harold John Robert Tickle, navigator,
Sgt George John Inglis, bomb aimer,
W/O Robert James Kee, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Clifford Gait, air gunner,
P/O Leslie George Gunning, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Wieringerwerf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0039 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7503
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Wieringerwerf
North Holland
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 Marham at 2325LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wieringerwerf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Francis Ball, pilot,
Sgt Edward Reed Douglass, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Francis Carroll, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Leslie Brooks, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth George Rogers, wireless operator,
Sgt John Frederick Howes, air gunner,
Sgt Denniss Vincent Howes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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