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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Pont-Audemer: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1943 at 0030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
JD155
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of July 12 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) - Operation Roach 94/Roach 92 and set course for France. Shortly after midnight, it crashed in unknown circumstances near the Château de Lillebec located 2 km southeast of Pont-Audemer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (138 Sq):
F/Sgt Edward Jonski, pilot,
F/Lt Julian Morawski, flight engineer,
Sgt Konrad Joseph Tomaszewski, observer,
F/Lt Napoleon Stanisław Lewicki, navigator,
F/Lt Leon Stanisław Bonk, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jan Nawrot, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edmund Rusinski, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III in Pont-Audemer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
W8394
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ford - Ford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ford at 0101LT on an operation to Tours and Orléans. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing all three crew members.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/O Duncan Alexander Carmichael, navigator,
P/O Ernest Quarrier Findlay, pilot,
W/O John Wallace Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Pont-Audemer: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
BB328
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford in the evening of May 13 on Operation Physician 10 / Roach 6. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Noble, pilot,
Sgt James Woods, flight engineer,
Sgt Dudley Frank West, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Hubbard, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Albert Ball, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Patrick Keating, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Pont-Audemer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8851
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1130LT to combat operations over Northern France. En route, it collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L9024. Two crew members on board L9024 bailed out and its pilot attempted an emergency landing when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Freneuse-sur-Risle. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. Both other crew members were uninjured. The Blenheim registered L8851 crashed in Pont-Audemer, killing its entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Raymond H. Werner, pilot,
Sgt Maurice G. Jones, observer,
Sgt Ronald Spencer, wireless operator and air gunner.