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Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in 's-Gravenwezel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE347
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
's-Gravenwezel
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2315LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravenwezel. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Krzysztof Szpalinski, pilot, †
W/O Antoni Fried,
P/O Stanisław Gasecki,
F/O Roman Paczkowski,
Sgt Leopold B. Makarski, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in 's-Gravenwezel: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED768
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
's-Gravenwezel
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2341LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Gravenwezel. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Maxwell Parsons, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Spencer, flight engineer,
Sgt John Patrick Egan, navigator,
Sgt Norman Jardine Vaulkhard, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Francom Selman, wireless operator,
Sgt R. A. Hunt, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Chalmers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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