Makkum | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2351LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Makkum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Lowrie, pilot,
Sgt John Atkinson, flight engineer,
F/O Donald Harrison Lyne, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Coull, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Charles Holmes Fudge, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Claude Waite, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Graham Hird, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Makkum: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0216 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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W1217

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Melbourne - Melbourne

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The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 2242LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 15 km west of Makkum. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Joseph James Hine, pilot,
Sgt Aubrey Hall, flight engineer,
F/O Joseph William Trainor King, navigator,
Sgt Herbert George Ashton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Cyril Church, wireless operator,
Sgt George David Nisbet, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Frederick Fletcher Baggaley, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.