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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Markelo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF399
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Markelo
Overijssel
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 Newmarket at 2337LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Markelo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Alfred Burbidge, pilot,
Sgt George Lockey, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Walter Frederick Wilcockson, navigator,
F/Sgt Andrew James McEwin, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald Ernest Martin, wireless operator,
Sgt Gibson Cameron, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Fazackerley Shaw, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Markelo: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4861
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Markelo
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2255LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed north of Markelo. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O William Norman Mounsey, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Benson Jowett, flight engineer,
F/O William Butler Whitaker, navigator, †
Sgt Albert Dews, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Sydney George Miller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth George Legg, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Pierpoint, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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