Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Wognum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED569
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 2310LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. The following night, while returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wognum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Philip Campion Digby Russell, pilot,
Sgt Victor Henry John Watkins, flight engineer,
F/O Francis Edwin Fielding, navigator,
Sgt Arthur William Richardson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Denis Scragg, wireless operator,
Sgt William Walter Rufus Cook, air gunner,
Sgt James Thomas Lloyd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Wognum: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1942 at 0150 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W7530
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham 2330LT on June 20 on an operation to Emden. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wognum. Three crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Harold John Vincent Ashworth, pilot, †
F/Lt Desmond Lancelot Plunkett, flight engineer,
Sgt William John Hayden, navigator,
P/O Alan William Green, bomb aimer,
P/O Reginald Horace Attwood, wireless operator,
Sgt William Edwin Whitehead, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Rebecca Watt, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Mulroy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.