Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Bergen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1943 at 0336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Bergen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0037LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bergen. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L James Campbell Cairns, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Eric Rabbitt, pilot, †
F/O Raymond Henry Larkins, navigator, †
F/Lt Charles Mohamed Slyman Awad, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Robert Turnbull Lang, air gunner,
F/O Sydney Melbourne Nevanas Pozer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Bergen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1942 at 1328 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1495
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Location:
Bergen
North 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 Ingham at 1146LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bergen, bursting into flames. A crew member was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Wladysław Kaźmierczak, pilot,
F/O Jan Gerstel, observer,
Sgt Józef Skoniecny, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Gębaczka, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanisław Abłamowicz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1942 at 2110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ964
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Bergen
North 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 Wickenby at 1823LT on a mine laying operation in the Trefoil region. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bergen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George William Arthur Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Harold James Kendrick, observer,
P/O Laurence James Alexander Graham, navigator,
F/Sgt Raymond Lloyd Wakelin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sam Feinstein, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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