Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near RAF Mildenhall: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942 at 1028 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5857
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Wyton
Location:
Mildenhall AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1025LT on a transit flight to RAF Wyton. Three minutes after takeoff, it crashed at Starvegut Farm near the airbase. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured. One of the survivor died from injuries sustained on 12 November.
Crew:
W/O Thomas Gardner Irvine, pilot, †
F/Sgt Charles Robert Hasekian, pilot, †
W/O George John Stock, navigator, †
F/Sgt Donald Paul Gooby, air gunner, †
F/Sgt L. Humber,
F/Sgt F. Mortimer,
P/O D. Johnson.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Ligurian Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5673
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Ligurian 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 Wyton at 2205LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Vaughan Ross Long, pilot,
Sgt William Geoffrey Chapman,
Sgt Peter Hayward,
Sgt Ernest MacKay,
F/Sgt Lindsey Herbert Morton,
W/O Maurice Luther Roberts,
Sgt John Leslie Gordon Waite.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF Mildenhall: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5670
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Mildenhall AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
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 2205LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Mildenhall. The airplane overshot the runway and while going around, it stalled off a steep turn and crashed near airfield, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O David Bryant Todd, pilot,
Sgt John Richardson, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick George Beale, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Ronald Speakman, observer,
F/Sgt W. M. Tansley, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric William MacDonald, air gunner,
Sgt Franklin Thomas Sabourin, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Ligurian Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5566
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Ligurian 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 Wyton at 2210LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Gerald Hackney, pilot,
F/Sgt Aubrey Wilson Coley,
Sgt James Cope,
Sgt Leonard Edwards,
F/Sgt Claude Allan Foster,
Sgt Selwyn Charles Orme, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Henry Pellowe.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5911
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
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 Wyton in the evening of October 13 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Donald Phillips Scott, pilot,
Sgt Richard Thomas Barber,
Sgt James Jeffrey Barton,
F/Sgt Edwin Robert Bergquist,
F/O William James Hedley,
Sgt Robert Pierpoint,
Sgt Alan Alfred Walker, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4104
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
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 2036LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Gordon McDonald, pilot,
Sgt Albert George Cook, flight engineer,
F/O Harris Lewington Mazengarb, navigator,
Sgt Philipp William Samwell, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald John Calderwood, wireless operator,
Sgt Graham George Millard, air gunner,
F/Sgt Harry Raeburn Watson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Morkhoven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0146 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5610
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Morkhoven
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2051LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Morkhoven. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and a seventh evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Murray Buchan, observer, †
Sgt Peter Squires, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Vincent Norman, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Denzil Quintrell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Raymond Cubberley,
F/Sgt John Wilfred Docker,
F/Sgt O. R. Matheson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5623
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Kalbach
Hesse
Country:
Germany
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 2113LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing south of Fulda, it exploded and crashed in Kalbach, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Lloyd Truman Goodfellow, pilot,
Sgt John Joseph Mathieson, flight engineer,
F/O Eric Hurlstone Renfree, observer,
Sgt Ernest Webster, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Young, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Clifford Howard John Byrd, air gunner,
Sgt Derek Leslie Howe, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling near Romedenne: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF329
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Romedenne
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2240LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Bois de Roly, a wooded area located near Romedenne. Six crew members were killed and the observer survived and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth McAusland, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Derek Goodbourne, observer,
Sgt Lester John Blackmore, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Templeman Jeans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Terence Shoesmith, air gunner, †
P/O John Lee Sturgess, air gunner, †
Sgt Roy Helyar, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Brettenham: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942 at 0337 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3756
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Brettenham
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2226LT on August 11 on an operation to Mainz. It was badly shot about by two German JU.88 and while trying to land at RAF Wattisham, the airplane crashed in an open field located in Brettenham, bursting into flames. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Alfred Delmore McCausland, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Busby, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Bentley Hammond, observer, †
F/Sgt Frederick William Nixon, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Raymond Douglas Tree, wireless operator, †
Sgt Terence Alfred Mills, air gunner, †
F/Sgt W. E. Egri, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German fighters.
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