Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5575
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1703LT on an operation to Berlin. Over The Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Arthur Axup,
F/Sgt Henry Craig Beebe,
Sgt John Bell,
Sgt John Charles Brottain,
Sgt Peter Lane,
Sgt Geoffrey Harold Rowson,
Sgt John Edgar West.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7442
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2358LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Montgomery Livingston, pilot,
Sgt William Bennett, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander John Kenny, observer,
P/O Lewis Alfred Booth, navigator,
P/O Francis Larry Flynn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Raymond Coates, wireless operator,
P/O James Graham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in the Waddenzee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT124
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation. It failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed in the Waddenzee. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Ralph Jenkins, pilot,
P/O James Thomas Bartle Clough, navigator,
Sgt John Arthur Woodroffe, wireless operator,
Sgt John Anthony Steele, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in the Waddenzee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941 at 2209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3280
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
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 Honington at 1730LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Dartnall, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Bamber Fielding,
Sgt Reginald Burchell How,
Sgt Kenneth Quick,
F/Sgt William Smithson,
P/O Hugh Vincent Wilgar-Robinson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in the Waddenzee

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1046
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1855LT on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on a sandbank in the Waddenzee, some 7 km south of the Schiermonnikoog Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frantisek Petr,
Sgt Vaclav Prochazka,
Sgt Josef Susa,
Sgt Bedrich Valner,
F/Lt Erazim Vesely,
Sgt Josef Zvolensky.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in the Waddenzee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2000LT on a mine laying operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Claud William Allen, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Wilson Rowan, observer,
Sgt Henry Bruce Barcroft Teesdale Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Kay, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Waddenzee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1371
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Waddenzee
Netherlands
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 East Wretham at 2252LT on July 19 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Vaclav Netik, pilot,
Sgt Pavel Babacek,
Sgt Jan Čtvrtlik,
Sgt Miroslav Jindra,
P/O Jaroslav Partyk,
Sgt Vaclav Vales.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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