Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Oggersheim: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1943 at 0317 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4331
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Oggersheim
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2106LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oggersheim. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ian Gordon Miller, pilot,
Sgt Duncan Curtis, flight engineer,
Sgt Maurice George Wilfred Capon, navigator,
Sgt Norman Percy Richmond, observer,
Sgt George Joseph Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Francis Beaumont, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Alfred Hall, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Oggersheim: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK759
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Oggersheim
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2136LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oggersheim, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Terik Godfrey Ogle, pilot,
Sgt Victor James Upson, flight engineer,
Sgt Dennis Lenahan, navigator,
P/O Edward Miles Merritt, navigator,
Sgt Lawrence Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Stephen, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Walters, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Oggersheim: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1942 at 0123 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3717
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Oggersheim
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2205LT on May 6 on an operation to Stuttgart. Approaching Ludwigshafen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oggersheim, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lloyd John Osborne Roberts, pilot,
F/Sgt Allen Charles Vincent Brophy, observer,
F/Sgt William Joseph Valkenier, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph George Murray, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Vernon Estey McDougall, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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