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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster II off Den Helder: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
DS666
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Den Helder
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 East Wretham at 2354LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Frederick Rashley, pilot,
Sgt Frank Lynford Beeston, flight engineer,
Sgt Clyde Maxwell Sibbald, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Corns, wireless operator,
F/O Gideon Davidson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest Green, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Worsdale,air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Den Helder: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE125
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Den Helder
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 2240LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Alfred Markham Young, pilot,
Sgt John Reginald Hayle, flight engineer,
P/O Peter Edward Bevis, navigator,
F/Sgt Albert William Dickison, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Charles Lucas Mallett, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henry Peel, air gunner,
F/O James Bell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Hoorn: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0243 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED831
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bardney - Bardney
Location:
Hoorn
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bardney at 2230LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 3 south of Hoorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Alan Murray Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Fred William Sanderson, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth George Mott, navigator,
F/O John Hamilton Sams, navigator,
Sgt C. P. King, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Charles Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Clive Rowlands, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Slater, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Holwerd: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0241 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE346
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Holwerd
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2338LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holwerd, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Charles Alfred Mattress, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Mortimer, navigator,
Sgt John Peter Priestley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman Ronald Parry, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ball, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Den Hoorn: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED943
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Den Hoorn (Texel)
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2304LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed south of Den Hoorn, Texel Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Dougal Hamish Reid, pilot,
F/O Walter John Wheeler, pilot,
Sgt George Samwell Hodges, flight engineer,
P/O John Colin Evans, navigator,
Sgt Alan McGeoch Sandars, bomb aimer,
P/O James Walter Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Telfer, air gunner,
F/O Ernest Henry Patrick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in 't Zand: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB843
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
't Zand
North Brabant
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 Pocklington at 2334LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 't Zand, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Gore, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Mitchell Sugden, flight engineer,
Sgt John Harold Wright, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Eric Judd, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt David Albert Harris Gough, air gunner,
Sgt John Bartholomew Foskett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0237 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF589
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Hekendorp
Utrecht
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2343LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hekendorp. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Mervyn John Arthur, pilot,
Sgt Laurence Arthur Butterworth, navigator,
Sgt James Bailey, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Orr, wireless operator, †
Sgt Stanley Gaskin, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Alkmaar: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0234 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK180
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Alkmaar
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2322LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Alkmaar. The pilot was killed while six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Gérald Alban Gagnon, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Albert Shannon, flight engineer,
F/O Robert James Frost, navigator,
Sgt Charles Richard Page, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Richard Hooley, wireless operator,
Sgt Clarence Ray Munson, air gunner,
Sgt Angus Anthony McKinnon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Hippolytushoef: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0231 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4256
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Hippolytushoef
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 2300LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 2 km off Hippolytushoef, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Stephen George White, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Crook, flight engineer,
F/O James Edgar Donald Craigie, navigator,
P/O Gerard William Board Enright, navigator,
Sgt John Frederick Bates, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Thomas Harding, air gunner,
F/Sgt Maxwell Birdwood Watt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Ameland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0221 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK699
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
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 Mildenhall at 2335LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Allen Chapman, pilot,
Sgt Terence Eugene Warbey, flight engineer,
P/O Robert Frank Pavely, navigator,
F/O Arthur Woodward, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Condron, wireless operator,
Sgt Allen Kenneth Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Donald Edward Campbell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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