Noordbeemster | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2323LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Noordbeemster, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Jack Naile, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Connah, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald William Mepsted, navigator,
F/O Charles Pharaoh Reynolds, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Dillon, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence George Porritt, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Bennett, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Noordbeemster: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1943 at 0200 LT

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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BB329

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Tempsford - Tempsford

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The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operation Marrow 35/36 (Special Operation Executive) which was part of the Nordpol Spiel series of flights. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Noordbeemster. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Peter Barton Norris, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Boothroyd, flight engineer, †
Sgt Joseph Henry Dixon, navigator,
Sgt Leslie William Tomlinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur William Mureph, wireless operator,
Sgt William Henry Wild, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick William Green, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.