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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Bergen aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943 at 0014 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED566
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
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 Waddington at 2046LT on April 9 on an operation to Duisburg. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km west of Bergen aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Roy Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Richard Henry Thomas, flight engineer,
Sgt Sidney John Argent, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Robert Hollinshead Thompson, bomb aimer,
W/O William John Reid, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Norman Bysouth, air gunner,
W/O Harold Logan Huether, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2356 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Terschelling
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 Breighton at 2044LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 50 km northwest of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Ian MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt Allan Keith Meadows, flight engineer,
Sgt Mark Hoofe, navigator,
F/Sgt John Henry Dodgshun, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Lowrie Forrest, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Frederick Jones, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Frederick Allsopp, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Snelrewaard: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2346 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED502
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Snelrewaard
Utrecht
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 Waddington at 2048LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Snelrewaard. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Arthur Miles White, pilot,
Sgt Norman Percy Tutt, flight engineer,
F/O Hector Robertson, navigator,
F/O Graham John Gibbings, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Arthur Barker, wireless operator,
Sgt William Roy Jakeway, air gunner,
F/O Newton Bird, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Hubbelrath: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED590
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Fiskerton - Fiskerton
Location:
Hubbelrath
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 Fiskerton at 2117LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hubbelrath, 10 km northeast of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek John Nigel Southern, pilot,
Sgt Charles John Tiley, flight engineer,
F/O James Balam Lapping, navigator,
Sgt George Stanley Pring, bomb aimer,
F/O Alexander Lyon Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Haigh Chatterton, air gunner,
P/O James Leslie Rollins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Kleinwijk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Kleinwijk
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 Waddington at 2045LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kleinwijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Frederick Paramore, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Hughes, flight engineer,
F/O Eric Hesketh, navigator,
Sgt Alan Maxwell Coulthard, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Henry Mactier, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Benning, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2323 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5898
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Oss
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2034LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oss. Four crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Archibald McNaughton Cowe, flight engineer,
F/O John Hamilton Salt, navigator, †
Sgt John Thomas Broughton, navigator,
Sgt Leslie John Nash, bomb aimer, †
Sgt James Walter Wardlaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Dixon, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Waite, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Grefrath: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2314 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Grefrath
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grefrath, 31 km southwest of Duisburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Earle Milton Nelson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Victor Newstead, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ron Bowen Anzac Pender, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Shields, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Roy Alexander Parnell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Richmond Riley, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Bird, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Doornspijk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED618
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Doornspijk
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 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doornspijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O John David Steele, pilot,
Sgt John Hence, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Michael John Bennett, navigator,
Sgt D'Arcy Gould, bomb aimer,
F/O Norman James Ritchie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Stanley Grundy, air gunner,
Sgt William David George O'Brien, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Jisp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2242 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED554
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Jisp
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 Langar at 2026LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Jisp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Harold Arthur Healey, pilot,
Sgt William Leslie Whitehouse, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Arthur Rupert Lewis, navigator,
Sgt Denis Edward Whitaker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roy Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Eric Arthur Dampier, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cornelius William Kleynhans, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1943 at 2354 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED622
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Volkhoven
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 Warboys at 2142LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Volkhoven, 10 km northwest of Cologne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Graham Younger, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Musgrave White, flight engineer,
Sgt Newman G. Stopford, navigator,
P/O Noel Ferguson, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Roderick Henry Flett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Pearce Massey Grace, air gunner,
Sgt Albert James Jackson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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