Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III off Chapel St Leonards: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1943 at 1207 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
BZ268
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7562
YOM:
1941
Location:
Chapel Saint Leonards
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise and departed his base at 1052LT. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane crashed into the sea east off Chapel St Leonards. All three crew members were rescued, two were injured and one was killed. The crew consisted with two French citizens and one Tahitian.
Crew:
Cpt Dugot +2.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Chapel Saint Leonards: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1942 at 2358 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB216
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Chapel Saint Leonards
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2303LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. While crossing the east coast at 2344LT, the port outer engine caught fire and although the blaze was quelled, structural failure of the port wing followed and the order to bail out was given. At least two crew members fell into the sea and drowned, while the Halifax crashed at 2358LT at Chapel Saint Leonards. Four crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
W/O Norman Angus MacKenzie, pilot, †
F/Sgt Louis Donald Dawdy, †
F/Sgt Clarence Gordon Eagles, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Stone, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. A. Kaucharik,
Sgt J. R. Alexander,
P/O E. B. Mason.
Probable cause:
The port outer engine caught fire in flight, followed by a structural failure of the left wing.
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