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 a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Alkmaar: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0051 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB928
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
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 Breighton in the evening of 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 and six others crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Major Hugh Oddie, pilot, †
Sgt Alexander David Gillespie, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur James Hutchinson, navigator,
P/O Philip Daulby, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt A. J. Guy, wireless operator,
Sgt Trevor Lloyd Roberts, air gunner,
P/O Dalby William Lusty, air gunner.

Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Alkmaar: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED668
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Alkmaar
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 Scampton at 2256LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Alkmaar, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Butler Dowding, pilot,
Sgt George Alfred Ayres, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Mountford Adie Burgess, navigator,
Sgt Walter George Redman, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Louis Hyam, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Ernest Tuck, air gunner,
P/O Clifford James Challenger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Alkmaar: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0233 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EH876
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Location:
Alkmaar
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 Ridgewell at 2350LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 70 km west of Alkmaar. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon William Young, pilot,
W/O Michael George King East, pilot,
Sgt William Harry Bryant, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Charles Little Saundercock, navigator,
F/Sgt James Leeman Poulter, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Wadsworth, wireless operator,
W/O Ernest Sinclair Pollon, air gunner,
F/O Cornelius Frederick O'Connell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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