Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE394

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Burn - Burn

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Mönchengladbach

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2319LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Over Mönchengladbach, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Alfred Hine, pilot,
F/O Harold Denis Quilter, navigator,
P/O Robert Edward Mercer, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Edgar Batty, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Edwin Wilkes, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0135 LT

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HZ312

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Rees

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2328LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. After crossing the Dutch / German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 3 km north of Rees, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Joseph Logan Savard, pilot,
F/O John Scott MacIntyre, navigator,
W/O Joseph Claude Albert Laberge, bomb aimer,
W/O John Allen, wireless operator,
P/O Joseph Oscar Rosario Bonenfant, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Hamminkeln: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0133 LT

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HE326

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Leconfield - Leconfield

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Hamminkeln

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2325LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamminkeln, 40 km northwest of Mülheim. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Albert Leonard Ford, pilot, †
P/O Cecil William Hewitt, navigator, †
P/O Roy Locke Amesbury, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Raymond William Fox, air gunner,
Sgt Alex Henry Richardson, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943

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HE527

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The airplane departed RAF Hixon on a mission to Paris. Passing over Cherbourg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Hennessy, pilot, †
P/O Gerald Thomas Freemantle, observer,
Sgt Reginald James Franklin, radio operator,
Sgt John Anderson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Rowland John Paul Chandler, air gunner, †
Sgt William Gilroy, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oudenbosch: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0221 LT

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HE981

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2327LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudenbosch. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Lionel Frederick Lown, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur James Sieffert, navigator,
W/O John Kenneth Wood, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alfred Spencer Rhodes, wireless operator,
W/O William Henry Calder, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Neerkant: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0138 LT

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HE924

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The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2341LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Neerkant, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Burgess, pilot,
P/O George Roland Wright, navigator,
P/O James Karl Somers, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Francis Payne, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Jeffs, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buggenum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0134 LT

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HZ517

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2335LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O George Henri De Bussac, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Burgess Spence, navigator,
F/O William Arthur Follows, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Demetrius Coe, wireless operator,
Sgt David Edwin Palmatier, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Bergeijk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0130 LT

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HZ520

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2336LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berjeijk. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alexander Eames, pilot,
F/O Eric Francis Lapham, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Victor Holmes, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Henry Wright, wireless operator,
F/O Douglas Stewart Milne, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in 's-Gravenwezel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0124 LT

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