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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Meijel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4949
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dunholme Lodge - Dunholme Lodge
Location:
Meijel
Limburg
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 Dunholme Lodge at 2232LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed near Meijel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Peter James Shearman, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Lockington Pugh, flight engineer,
P/O Norman Lewis Ballamy, navigator,
F/O Frank Mansell Richards, navigator,
Sgt Benjamin William Card, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Clifford Andrew Zedy, air gunner,
Sgt Clifford Walter Akeister, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED973
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Grashoek
Limburg
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 Grimsby at 2326LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grashoek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Edmund Stanley Weddell, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Boydell, flight engineer,
Sgt Alfred Robert Veitch, navigator,
Sgt William Cram, bomb aimer,
Sgt Geoffrey Adams Mason, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Gordon Miles Ofield, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edward Barnes Stevenson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Schinveld: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE167
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Schinveld
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2235LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed 2 km southeast of Schinveld. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Robert Cope, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Booth, flight engineer,
F/O Hugh Lyons Gordon, navigator, †
F/Sgt Douglas Douds, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Douglas Henry Crouch, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Ross Matheson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Donald Scott Finlason, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0102 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4936
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dunholme Lodge - Dunholme Lodge
Location:
Hushoven
Limburg
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 Dunholme Lodge at 2217LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down a German fighter and crashed in Hushoven, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Geoffrey Brandrick Haywood, pilot,
Sgt Raymond George Foot, flight engineer,
F/O Ronald Kirby, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Boardman, bomb aimer,
Sgt Royce William Rivers, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Charles Henry Brand, air gunner,
Sgt John Hubert Armstrong, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR719
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Plasmolen
Limburg
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 Lissett at 2310LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Plasmolen, 12 km south southeast of Nijmegen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald George Pope, pilot,
Sgt Andrew Glen, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Frank Potter, navigator,
Sgt Roy Arthur Collins Showler, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Lee, wireless operator,
Sgt George Albert Frank Green, air gunner,
Sgt Frank George Lay-Flurrie, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Castenray: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0144 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE123
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Castenray
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2247LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Castenray. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Peter Grattan Holt, pilot, †
Sgt Ivor Tucker, flight engineer, †
Sgt Donald McColl, observer, †
Sgt David Eric Douglas Kimpton, navigator,
Sgt Walter Young, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Tarlton Stoddart, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Robinson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Roermond: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF398
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Roermond
Limburg
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 Newmarket at 2332LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Roermond, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Richard Barry Vernazoni, pilot,
Sgt Walter Bramwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Owen Alfred Innes, navigator,
F/O Harold Tong, bomb aimer,
F/O Charles Hudson Riddle, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Rodger Cardoo, air gunner,
Sgt James John Chandler, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Reuver: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
MS494
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Reuver
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2226LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Reuver. The air gunner was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Lindsay Oliver Howard Upjohn, pilot,
Sgt James Paterson, navigator,
Sgt Robert Alexander Napier, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Vernon Garfield, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Francis Hay, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Maastricht: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0043 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE203
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Location:
Maastricht
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2310LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hees, a district of Maastricht. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Holdsworth Smith, pilot,
Sgt James Henry Bloxwich, navigator,
F/Sgt Alan Spence, bomb aimer,
Sgt Benjamin King, wireless operator,
Sgt Martin Levi Buxton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Asselt: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943 at 0033 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR840
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Asselt
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2214LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Asselt. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Kenneth Surgey, pilot, †
Sgt George Thomas Ayton, flight engineer,
P/O Cyril Strand, navigator, †
Sgt Edgar Stanley Coster, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Kenneth George Cottrell, wireless operator,
Sgt William George, air gunner, †
W/O Stephen James Marugg, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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