Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Rheinberg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB972
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Rheinberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2251LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed southwest of Rheinberg. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Gordon Grant, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth Richard Stentiford, flight engineer,
P/O Roy Elliott Carter, navigator,
P/O Theodore Bruce Moore, bomb aimer,
P/O Marcel Robert Laloge, wireless operator,
W/O Albert Edward Fowell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt James Murray Reginald Lang, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Rheinberg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Location:
Rheinberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Steeple Morden at 2322LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Rheinberg. Four crew members were killed and the fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Frederick Stanley, pilot, †
W/O Kenneth Railton, observer, †
Sgt William Edward James, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Tom Lumley Kennedy, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Browning Spenceley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Rheinberg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6186
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Rheinberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 2235LT on June 1st on an intruder operation to the Venlo Airfield. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rheinberg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Grant Redman, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Fini Pentland Enna, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Frederick Trimmer, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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