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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Düsseldorf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT491
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Düsseldorf
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 Middleton St George at 2014LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Charles Joseph Stevenson, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Roy, flight engineer,
Sgt Bruce Bisset Warren, navigator,
Sgt Albert Edgar Arnold, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Hodgson, wireless operator,
Sgt William Charles Henry Hiscock, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Hamilton Woodford, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Hürth: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1216
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Hürth
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2019LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hürth. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Albert Ernest Brown,
F/Sgt John Alexander Bryden,
Sgt Keith John Danks-Brown,
F/Sgt Terence Claude Harris,
Sgt James Kevin King.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4111
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Zündorf
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 Syerston at 2020LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Later in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Zündorf, southeast of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Malcolm Charles Davies, pilot,
Sgt Peter Alec Lashly, flight engineer,
P/O Louis Poch, observer,
F/Sgt John Lawrence Blair, observer,
F/Sgt Frank Wilfred Kidson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Harold Boston Woolgar, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Albert Benjamin McLellan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Frankfurt

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Frankfurt
Hesse
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2045LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It ran out of oxygen and obliged to lose height. Shortly after doing so, a burst of flak severely damaged both engines and the Wellington was forced landed, probably near the target area. The exact location of the accident remains unclear. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Alexander,
Sgt John Denver,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Sherratt,
Sgt John Edward Shooter,
Sgt R. Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington II in Nackenheim: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 0034 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8644
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Nackenheim
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2031LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nackenheim, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Charles Budd, observer,
Sgt Howard Flavell, air gunner,
F/O Charles Henry Doyle Moseley,
F/Sgt Ronald Gerard McCauley,
F/O Herbert James Thomson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Schmalbroich

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ596
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Schmalbroich
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching Kempen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schmalbroich. All five crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Sydney Bevan,
Sgt Thomas William Devine,
Sgt Eric William Peter Johnson,
Sgt William Kevin Charles O'Byrne,
Sgt U. Nicholson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Duisburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ765
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Duisburg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt George William Sharman, pilot,
Sgt Norman Priestley Saul, observer,
Sgt Claude Joseph Frederick Jarvis, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Edward Coles, air gunner,
P/O George William Alfred Mills, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Duisburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8517
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Duisburg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0053LT on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Mather Dunlop, pilot,
P/O Robin Alexander Ainslie, navigator,
P/O William George Elby, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Allan Squires Millis, wireless operator,
Sgt Montague Ernest Wheatcroft, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Goch: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7629
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Goch
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 Oakington at 0111LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crash in unknown circumstances near Goch, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
P/O Gordon Lewis John, observer,
F/Lt Jack Menzies Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Spalding, wireless operator,
P/O Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelious Johannes Dupreez, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Efferen
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 Melbourne at 0115LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Efferen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denys William Evan Morgan, pilot,
Cpl John Rice, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Angus McDonald Milne, observer,
Sgt Lawrence Eric Billings, observer,
Sgt Arthur Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Ambrose James Henry, air gunner,
Sgt Harold James Loveday, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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