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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Meijel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4949
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dunholme Lodge - Dunholme Lodge
Location:
Meijel
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 Dunholme Lodge at 2232LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed near Meijel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Peter James Shearman, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Lockington Pugh, flight engineer,
P/O Norman Lewis Ballamy, navigator,
F/O Frank Mansell Richards, navigator,
Sgt Benjamin William Card, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Clifford Andrew Zedy, air gunner,
Sgt Clifford Walter Akeister, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Meijel

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0141 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Meijel
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2220LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meijel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Birtwhistle,
Sgt Jack Harker,
Sgt Robert George Woodwards,
P/O Terence Myles Robinson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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