Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB200
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
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 Middleton St George at 2343LT on June 19 on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea, maybe southwest from the Danish coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Mostyn Morris Crowe,
Sgt David Smith,
Sgt Robert Kynnersley Frankland, observer,
Sgt Ronald William Morgan, observer,
Sgt Edward Keith Davies,
Sgt Leon Harold Seal,
Sgt James Roland Williams.

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

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1942 at 2357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1158
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Maunby
North Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2325LT on an operation to Emden. Few minutes after takeoff, the crew encountered technical problems and elected to return. On final approach, the airplane crash landed in a field located in Maunby, about 5 km southeast of the airbase, bursting into flames. All seven occupants escaped with minor injuries while the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Sgt Phiip Gordon Bell, pilot,
Sgt Gerard James Yewlett, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Hughes Whitmore, navigator,
Sgt William Albert Yendell, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. L. Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Henry Pepper, air gunner,
Sgt J. T. Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Failure of the hydraulic system which prevented the crew from raising or lowering the undercarriage and flaps.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Servel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT189
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Servel
Côtes-d'Armor
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2240LT on June 18 on a mine laying operation off Lorient. The following night, it crashed for unknown reasons in Servel, nearby Lannion Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Joseph Beranek, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edward Charles Squires, observer,
Sgt Edward Victor Conwell, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Haddock, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I at RAF Stradishall

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1942 at 2306 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3768
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Stradishall AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Saint-Nazaire and crashed after developing an uncontrolled swing. All crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt T. E. I. Palmer +7.

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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0323 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3723
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Noordwijk
South Holland
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 Mildenhall at 2336LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Noordwijk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arnold Harveys Harris, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edward Costigan, observer,
F/Sgt Harry Alexander MacDonald, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Thompson Hunter, air gunner,
P/O Frederick Ritchie Donnison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Katwijk aan Zee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0309 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9530
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Katwijk aan Zee
South Holland
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 Topcliffe 2302LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km off Katwijk aan Zee. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Rae Barr, pilot,
Sgt James William Brown, flight engineer,
F/Sgt David Conter, observer,
Sgt Ronald Charles Perriam, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Smith Rocks, air gunner,
Sgt David MacNeil Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Ouddorp: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0306 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Ouddorp
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2320LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the grounds of the drinking water purification plant at Ouddorp. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Albert Myall, pilot,
P/O Albert Edward Collins, observer,
Sgt Douglas John Smith, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Franklyn Haley, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Cartwright, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Radewijk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7651
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Radewijk
Overijssel
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 Topcliffe 2304LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Radewijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O William Robert Davies, pilot,
F/Sgt Francis Garfield Peebles, pilot,
Sgt Daniel Hanlon, flight engineer,
P/O Edward Frederick Lloyd, navigator,
Sgt Ian Duncan, bomb aimer,
P/O John Emmanuel Sumpton, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Jackson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7652
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Hamminkeln
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2305LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak within seconds of bombing and, subsequently, abandoned by the crew who parachuted to safety but became PoW. The airplane crashed in Hamminkeln and was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Emery Batchelder,
Sgt Fred Bell,
Sgt Geoffrey Ronald David Berkwood Hobsbawn,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Ringham,
Sgt Robert Haden Rivers,
P/O Donald McGregor McRae.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1117
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Wintelre
North Brabant
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2303LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wintelre, near Eindhoven Airport. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Hammond, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Ernest Gay, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Murray Walker Brown, observer,
Sgt George William Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Ryland Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt Cecil Francis Goode, air gunner, †
Sgt Samuel Herbert Woolley, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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