Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL near Groesbeek: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-101004
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
MSN:
19467
YOM:
1944
Location:
Groesbeek
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
10
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a paratrooping mission over The Netherlands. While approaching the drop zone, the aircraft was attacked by the German Flak. The pilot decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. Eventually, the aircraft crash landed in flames in a field located 3 km east of Groesbeek. Two crew members were killed while all 13 other occupants were uninjured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I on Mt Grammont: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1943 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED412
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Mt Le Grammont
Valais
Country:
Switzerland
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 2235LT on July 12 on an operation to Torino. The airplane was supposed to overfly the French Alps at an altitude of 18,000 feet but poor weather conditions over the mountains forced the crew to change his course over Switzerland. This night, it is believed that 100 other RAF bombers passed over Switzerland bound for Torino. While cruising at an insufficient altitude of 900 metres, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Le Grammont (2,172 metres high) located 4 km southwest of Le Bouveret, Valais. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Horace Badge, pilot,
Sgt Robert Wood, flight engineer,
F/Lt Arthur Charles Jepps, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Charles Wright, observer,
Sgt Edward Higgins, wireless operator,
F/S Ronald Oswald Charles Brett, air gunner,
Sgt James Arthur Spence, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain. It is also possible that the airplane was shot down by the Swiss antiaircraft fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED569
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Wognum
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 2310LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. The following night, while returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wognum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Philip Campion Digby Russell, pilot,
Sgt Victor Henry John Watkins, flight engineer,
F/O Francis Edwin Fielding, navigator,
Sgt Arthur William Richardson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Denis Scragg, wireless operator,
Sgt William Walter Rufus Cook, air gunner,
Sgt James Thomas Lloyd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED692
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Cologne
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 Langar at 2231LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Cologne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Philip Gerard Herrin, pilot,
F/O William Henry Flatt,
F/O Georges Kleinberg,
Sgt Peter Mills,
Sgt Stanley Payton, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Bradshaw, air gunner,
Sgt Gerald Arthur Harold Male, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED537
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
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 Langar at 2315LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was probably shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea 75 km west of Bergen aan Zee. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Herbert Elliott, pilot,
Sgt George John Morrice, flight engineer,
Sgt Roy Alan Stringer, navigator,
F/O Ian Lochiel McDonnell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry John Lygo, wireless operator,
Sgt David John Kingsnorth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leon Eric Gordon Bishop, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0235 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED600
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Nederweert
Limburg
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 2314LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Nederweert, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
F/O Philip Charles Bradley Drayton, pilot,
Sgt Keith John Frost, flight engineer,
Sgt George Langdon Bottomley, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Alan Genever, navigator,
Sgt Ivor Edwin George Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Harry Frederic Barker, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas William Tremble Stoddart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Nijmegen: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1943 at 0208 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W5001
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Nijmegen
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 2250LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nijmegen. Six crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Thomas Alford Boyd Parselle, pilot,
F/O William Cassin Reynolds, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Falkingham, flight engineer, †
P/O George Edward Hopson, navigator, †
Sgt Robertson Edwin Henry Hood-Morris,
Sgt Stanley Arthur James Cook, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Frederick Hayllar, air gunner, †
Sgt Alfred William White, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Hilversum: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED418
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Hilversum
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 Langar at 0019LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Hilversum. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Dick Hawkes, pilot,
Sgt Edward Stanley Tompkins, flight engineer,
Sgt Hugh Robert Dick, navigator,
Sgt George Robert Nipper, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Wilson Whiteoak,. navigator,
W/O William Archibald McNair, wireless operator,
Sgt Joe Smith, air gunner,
F/Lt Albert Douglas Coldicott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4938
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Oberhausen
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 Langar at 0015LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Oberhausen, north of Duisburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas William Henry Evans, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Leonard Goodwin, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Charles Meyer,
Sgt Sydney Ogden,
Sgt Thomas Henry Skelton, bomb aimer,
F/O Frederick Arthur Alp, air gunner,
F/Sgt Samuel Leenoy Whitehead, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4945
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Struer
Midtjylland
Country:
Denmark
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 2055LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Struer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Kenneth Royston Rees, pilot,
Sgt George Tyler, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Alfred Kingsley Mockford, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Edward Ellingham, bomb aimer,
F/O Leonard Foulds, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley William Cowham, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Wilson Cochrane, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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