Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the Lauwersmeer: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1942 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1107
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Lauwersmeer
Groningen
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 0010LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and caught fire. Five crew members were able to bail out and became PoW. The airplane entered a dive and crashed into the Lauwersmeer, bordering the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen. A crew member did not survive.
Crew:
F/Sgt Brian James Treloar, pilot,
Sgt Jack Powell, flight engineer,
Sgt David Boston Patterson, navigator,
Sgt Lleslie Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan George Parrot, air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Geroge Frampton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
V9987
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Delmenhorst
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2354LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Delmenhorst, about 12 km southwest of Bremen. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick Francis Duff, †
Sgt George Albert Losh,
Sgt John Robert Shellard,
F/Sgt Arthur Hartley,
Sgt William Weightman. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0211 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9446
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2258LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Edward Herbert Morgan, pilot,
Sgt Jack Joffre Southern, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick John Noble Robinson, observer,
Sgt James Alexander Fraser, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Harry Brett, air gunner,
F/Sgt Douglas George Williamson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Dulder: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7759
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Dulder
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2359LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching Enschede, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dulder, killing the entire crew.
Crew;
F/Sgt Carl Clark Harris, pilot,
Sgt George Charles Pratt, flight engineer,
Sgt Victor Jack Foch Bicat, observer,
Sgt Thomas Henry May, wireless operator,
Sgt John Burton Smith, air gunner,
Sgt John Phillip Hankins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7654
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2355LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Bernard Wright, pilot,
F/Sgt Illtyd Gad Ivor Lewis, flight engineer,
P/O Richard Forrest Bradbury, observer,
Sgt Leonard Starbuck, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter John Fernie, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Ralph Taxeira de Mattos, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Katwijk aan Zee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0309 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9530
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Katwijk aan Zee
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe 2302LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km off Katwijk aan Zee. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Rae Barr, pilot,
Sgt James William Brown, flight engineer,
F/Sgt David Conter, observer,
Sgt Ronald Charles Perriam, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Smith Rocks, air gunner,
Sgt David MacNeil Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Radewijk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7651
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Radewijk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe 2304LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Radewijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O William Robert Davies, pilot,
F/Sgt Francis Garfield Peebles, pilot,
Sgt Daniel Hanlon, flight engineer,
P/O Edward Frederick Lloyd, navigator,
Sgt Ian Duncan, bomb aimer,
P/O John Emmanuel Sumpton, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Jackson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hamminkeln

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7652
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Hamminkeln
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2305LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak within seconds of bombing and, subsequently, abandoned by the crew who parachuted to safety but became PoW. The airplane crashed in Hamminkeln and was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Emery Batchelder,
Sgt Fred Bell,
Sgt Geoffrey Ronald David Berkwood Hobsbawn,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Ringham,
Sgt Robert Haden Rivers,
P/O Donald McGregor McRae.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Wildenrath AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9212
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2317
YOM:
1941
Location:
Wildenrath AFB
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1728LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Wildenrath AFB. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George William McDonald, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Rogers, wireless operator, †
Sgt Isadore Stein, air gunner, †
Sgt Arthur Lambert Lord,
F/O Trevor Hugh Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0743 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6820
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2180
YOM:
1941
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2203LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called for help when the airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harwood-Smith,
Sgt David Roe Pritchard,
P/O Bruce Buchanan Percival Roy,
Sgt Philip Henry Stanton,
Sgt Samuel Thomson.
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