Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Wanroij: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD261
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Wanroij
North Brabant
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 Snaith at 2340LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wanroij, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Derek Henry Victor Davis, pilot,
Sgt Jack Roberts, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Henry Hawes, navigator,
F/O Derek George Howse, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Duncan McFarlane, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred William Fairmaner, air gunner,
F/Sgt Keith Robertson Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Wanroij: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943 at 2315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
MS484
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Wanroij
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wantoij. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Bruce Angus Grant, pilot, †
F/Sgt Percival Edward Barron, navigator, †
F/Sgt Sidney Victor Bradshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Dyson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alfred George Skiggs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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