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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 23008T on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Failon. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Robert William Sheppard, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Rushton, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert George Tovey, navigator, †
Sgt William Robert Cole, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Gettings, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Jenkins MacDonald, air gunner, †
Sgt Matthew Henry Clack, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Kaggevinne: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0159 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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BF501

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Downham Market - Downham Market

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2343LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kaggevinne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O James William Douglas Hoey, pilot,
Sgt Peter Edward Collingwood, copilot,
Sgt James Thomson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leo De Botte, navigator,
Sgt Raymond Lynn Edgoose, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur William Erne, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Evan Lloyd, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ralph Frederick Garrod, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Dessel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0154 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HF594

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2314LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dessel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Robert Eldyrn Currie, pilot,
Sgt Norman Algar Musgrove Cawthra, navigator,
P/O Norman Bernard Touzel, navigator,
Sgt George Henry Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Neddham, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Oud-Heverlee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0139 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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BK813

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The airplane departed RAF West Wickham at 2332LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Heverlee. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Henry Teede, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Henry Stanton, flight engineer,
Sgt Hyman Levine, navigator, †
Sgt Aubrey Charles Harris, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Leo Petersen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Patrick James Taylor, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Gordon Henderson, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Lantin: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0120 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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ED781

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2252LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lantin. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Fallows, pilot, †
Sgt John Walter Sykes, flight engineer, †
Sgt Harry Naiman, navigator, †
Sgt Ivor Hedley Lambdin, bomb aimer,
Sgt William George Thomas Day, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Brinley Simpson, air gunner, †
Sgt Francis John Maddock Steer, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Ostend: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0325 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Registration:

JD213

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2329LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km northwest of Ostend. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edwin Alfred Sims, pilot,
Sgt John Westbarn, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Desmond Henry Russell Kelly, navigator,
Sgt Terence Wilfred Charles Luther, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Ogle, wireless operator,
Sgt John Fitzsimmons, air gunner,
F/Sgt Osborne David Thompson, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Leest: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0230 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Registration:

JD259

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2309LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leest, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Ernest Cavanagh, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Sage, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Ridley Forster, navigator,
F/O Daniel Valentine Elliott, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Richard Green, wireless operator,
P/O Ronald Albert Charles Maund, air gunner,
F/Sgt Oliver William Todd, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Houthalen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0210 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HF457

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Houthalen. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Alfred Sneath, pilot, †
P/O Robert Gordon Clarke,
P/O Athol Bury Drummond-Hay,
Sgt James Theodore Hindley, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Oliver Hills, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Kessenich: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0135 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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EF348

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kessenich. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack William Newport, pilot, †
Sgt David Stephen Percy Roberts, flight engineer,
P/O Donald Ivor Turner, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Kellett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Mosedale, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Damboise, air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred Chalmers Macaulay, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Kerkhoven

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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JD244

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 0011LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kerkhoven. All seven crew members became Pow.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick John Hands Heathfield, pilot,
Sgt Douglas George Keane, flight engineer,
P/O Harold James Dothie, navigator,
W/O W. Allan Poulton, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Charles Beresford, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Henry Masters, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Cooper, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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