Nijmegen | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Ludford Magna in the evening of June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nijmegen. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Arthur Waterhouse, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Osborne, flight engineer, †
F/O Thomas Beavan Tomkins, navigator, †
Sgt Edward Alec Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Bertram Cooper, air gunner, †
Sgt Vincent Sugden, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 25, 1943 at 0208 LT

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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W5001

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Langar - Langar

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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 a Short S.29 Stirling I near Nijmegen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943 at 2058 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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R9274

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The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1815LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed northwest of Nijmegen. A crew was killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Aynsley Stuart Forbes, pilot,
Sgt William Robert Lincoln Torrance, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Lax, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Arthur Howard, navigator,
Sgt Peter Herbert Ward, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Burton Mossman, wireless operator,
Sgt Richardson Knox Hempseed, air gunner,
Sgt Noel Stuart Craddock, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Nijmegen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1942 at 2240 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7423

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2030LT on an operation to Cologne. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a Me.110. Out of control, it entered a dive and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
F/O J. L. Bromiley, pilot,
Sgt Peter Hollowell Foster, pilot, †
P/O John Rowland Feirn, air bomber, †
Sgt James Patrick Dowd, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Frank Rogers Davis, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Eric Rose 954204, wireless operator and air gunner, †
F/Sgt Joseph Michael Thompson, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.