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

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED334
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
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 Wyton at 1940LT on an operation to Essen. It was later shot down over the Netherlands and crashed in Winterswijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Frank Thompson Flower, pilot,
F/Sgt Frank William Thomas Routledge, flight engineer,
F/O Frederick Albert Southon, navigator,
Sgt Douglas McEwen, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Leslie Fieldhouse, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric L'Estrange Lightfoot Shandley, air gunner,
W/O Clarence Malcolm McGregor Coghill, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Winterswijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7698
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2255LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. While cruising at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the bomber collided with a German night-fighter and crashed at Winterswijk, some 16 km north-northeast of where the collision occurred. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Geoffrey Douglas Leyland, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Edward Richard Lyons, flight engineer, †
P/O Lloyd George Geddes, navigator,
Sgt Colin Gray Pugsley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Wilfred Brookes, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Strang, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
In-flight collision with a German night-fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Winterswijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1165
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1855LT on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stuart Bruce Keith Brackenbury, pilot,
Sgt Desmond William Thane, observer, †
Sgt Peter Frederick Issac, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Theodore Williams, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Winterswijk

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6805
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2165
YOM:
1941
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2203LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Phillip Calvert,
W/O A. E. King,
F/Sgt Alexander Bruce Anthony Robertson,
W/O Basil Sidney Craske.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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