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

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5755
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Medemblik
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 Bottesford at 0030LT on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer of Medemblik. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Richard Gerald Rowlands, pilot,
Sgt George Fleck, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick John Charles Barnes, observer,
P/O Adam Byers Hastings, observer,
Sgt John Campbell Luton, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Vivian Pattison, air gunner,
Sgt John Wilfred Atkinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Medemblik: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1942 at 0106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT154
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Medemblik
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 2326LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Medemblik. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Henry Taylor, pilot,
F/O Peter Leslie Edwards, observer,
Sgt Orville Wilbert McKenzie, wireless operator,
Sgt Ewart Gladstone Ronson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Medemblik: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0041 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1606
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Medemblik
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1820LT on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer east of Medemblik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lloyd James Atkins,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Bramley,
Sgt Hywell Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney George Thomas Farman,
Sgt Victor George Knighton,
Sgt William Frederick Parsons, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Medemblik: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0206 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
N2844
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Medemblik
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2348LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer some 15 km off Medemblik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Gerald Boswell, pilot,
Sgt Lothian Julyan George,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Maguire,
P/O Ewart Duncan Pockney, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Shearing,
Sgt Alexander Macgregor Wilson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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