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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Zuidloo: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT797
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Zuidloo
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1844LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zuidloo. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Arnold Wallace Cochrane, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Macdonald, flight engineer, †
W/O Harry Kenneth McCreery, navigator, †
W/O James Herbert Higgins, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Ross Weiss, wireless operator, †
W/O Junius Quintus Ashmore, air gunner,
W/O Ivor Charles Grice, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Ridderkerk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2356 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED423
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Ridderkerk
South 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 Skellingthorpe at 1905LT on an operation to Berlin. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ridderkerk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt David Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Howard Lewis, flight engineer,
Sgt Edward James Gray, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Ketley, bomb aimer,
Sgt Rupert Sutton Whitcombe, wireless operator,
Sgt John Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Emmerson Stockburn, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2352 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB223
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Voorst
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 Snaith at 1830LT on an operation to Berlin. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Voorst. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John David William Stenhouse, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Avery, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Colangelo, observer,
Sgt Alfred Beauchamp, bomb aimer,
P/O Ronald Arthur Bertram Willmott, wireless operator,
Sgt Amos Howe, air gunner,
F/O John Bryce Duncan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Vlieland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2223 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4361
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Vlieland 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 Elsham Wolds at 1853LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Frank Austin, pilot,
P/O Alfred Frederick Reif, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Peter George Roberts, navigator,
Sgt Derrick Norman Duckers Waite, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Chapman, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Edward Joseph Boland, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Cook, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Vlieland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2223 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4920
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Vlieland 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 Syerston at 1854LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Mathew Champion, pilot,
Sgt Robert Kirby Hall, flight engineer,
W/O James Joseph Rooney, navigator,
Sgt Abraham Lawson Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percy John Folker, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip William Garnham, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Wrightson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2139 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT641
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
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 Middleton St George at 1850LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur James Herriott, pilot,
Sgt Arthur David Cherkinsky, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Wilfred George Francis, navigator,
F/Sgt Albert Leroy Bateman, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Nicol Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kowalski, air gunner,
F/Sgt Alexander Trevor Woodhouse, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Domburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2235 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ961
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Domburg
Zeeland
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 in the late afternoon on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening and after passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km west of Domburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward James Twigg, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Henry Reginald Aggett,
Sgt Leslie Gregory,
P/O Arthur John Teasdel,
Sgt Edward Thomas Fouet, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Sint-Oedenrode: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ886
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Location:
Sint-Oedenrode
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1849LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sint-Oederode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Edward Harwood, pilot,
P/O Oliver Henry Skelton, navigator,
Sgt Harold Jack Steel, observer,
F/Sgt Theo Curtis Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Vivian Max Caplin, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Francis Leach, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Noordwijk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9279
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Noordwijk
South 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 Bourn at 1918LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening and after passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km west of Noordwijk. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Victor Henry Harris, pilot,
F/Sgt Richard Ashdown, pilot,
Sgt Jack Wratten, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Rogers, navigator,
Sgt Howell Rees Jones, bomb aimer,
Sgt Wilfred Shaw, wireless operator,
Sgt William Roy Matthews, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Phillips, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Boerdonk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1599
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Location:
Boerdonk
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1850LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boerdonk. Five crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harry Rands, pilot, †
F/O John Philip Monckton, navigator, †
W/O Howard Edwin Vey, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt William Wilson Cameron, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Edward Dean, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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