Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Edale

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
NM683
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Edale
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Warboys. While cruising at low altitude in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Rushup Edge located southwest of Edale. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were injured.
Crew (PFNT):
F/Lt Brian Gipson, pilot,
F/Lt Douglas Ivor Jones, copilot,
F/Lt William John Barclay, navigator,
F/O Victor Percival Skone-Rees, bomber.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE127
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2313LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leo Frederick Joseph Brown, pilot,
Sgt Ivor Hall Bradley, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Albert Victor Newell, navigator,
P/O Robert Franklin Worthington, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Malpass, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Gilbert, air gunner,
Sgt Cecil Easton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Spiel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED858
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Spiel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2319LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Approaching Cologne, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Spiel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Richard Julian Hudson, pilot,
Sgt Harold Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt Roy Brown, navigator,
Sgt Arnold Thomas Barlow, bomb aimer,
Sgt Wilfred Stanley Brooks, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Cyril Christopher Adams, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Richards, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Maarn: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED599
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Maarn
Utrecht
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 Warboys at 2307LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Maarn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Trevor Winterbon, pilot,
Sgt Edmond Alexis Duchene, flight engineer,
F/O Eric George Grove, navigator,
Sgt Wilson Hebenton Gordon, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John William Bembridge, wireless operator,
Sgt William Patrick Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Sidney Francis Victor Crawley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Ouddorp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED885
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Ouddorp
South Holland
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 Warboys at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km west of Ouddorp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Adam Marson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Albert Bowman, flight engineer,
Sgt George Alfred Philip Edwards, navigator,
Sgt Frederick John Willett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Ottey, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Shacklady, air gunner,
Sgt George Wilfred Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Braunsrath: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE122
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Braunsrath
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2232LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. After passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Braunsrath. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Ballantine Miller, pilot,
Sgt Harold Francis Sheppard, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Hugh Love, navigator,
P/O James Russell Wright, navigator,
Sgt James Tweedie, wireless operator,
Sgt John Alexander Goad Dawe, air gunner,
Sgt E. G. G. Fisher, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Müngersdorf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED863
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Müngersdorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2237LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Müngersdorf, 6 km west of the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Desmond Clive Camden Busby, pilot,
Sgt John Godfrey Lumley, flight engineer,
W/O Derek Henry Orchard, navigator,
Sgt Roland Charles Balsdon, bomb aimer,
F/O Ernest Spencer Hayes, wireless operator,
Sgt Aloysius Barclay Kerrigan, air gunner,
Sgt George Maxwell Murray, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Lier: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED840
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Lier
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2244LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lier, 15 km southeast of Antwerp. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Cameron MacKintosh, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Charles Drinkwater, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ronald Frank Alfred Dobson, navigator, †
Sgt Eric Edmund Weare, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Peter Woodcock, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leonard George Ledamun, air gunner,
P/O Eric Joseph Monk, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Lemmer: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED935
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Lemmer
Friesland
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 Warboys at 2338LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the IJsselmeer off Lemmer. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Laurence William Lay, pilot,
F/O John Albert Cowley, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Edward Ratcliff, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Maxwell Bryant, navigator,
Sgt Donald Compton Bauman, bomb aimer,
Sgt William John Drake, wireless operator,
Sgt John Richard Curtis, air gunner,
Sgt William Forster, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Otterlo: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4943
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Otterlo
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2312LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it suffered an engine failure then was hit by the German Flak and shot down by a German fighter. It crashed in Otterlo and was destroyed. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Lawson Wallace, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald James Jackson, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Hubert Harvey, navigator,
Sgt Rowland James Twinn, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Harrison Gerald Ivor Moore, wireless operaror,
F/Sgt David Ross, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Hilton Arthur Lister, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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