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Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oostrum: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE990
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Location:
Oostrum
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2345LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oostrum, east of Venray. Three crew members were killed and two became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Turnbull Barclay, pilot,
F/O Albert Carey Bonner, navigator, †
Sgt Michael Charles Jefferies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Dix,
Sgt Harold Sweet, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0233 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4919
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Bergen
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 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bergen, 10 km west of Weeze. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Henry Terence Hayes, pilot,
Sgt Walter Randall Cook, flight engineer,
Sgt Percy George Eames, navigator,
Sgt James Park, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Warwick Craven Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Owen Hugh Sibson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Gordon Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Heerlerheide: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9242
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Location:
Heerlerheide
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 0001LT on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heerlerheide. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Mordue Gibbney, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Donald Stannard, flight engineer, †
F/O Arthur Reginald Minton, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Fred Gullick, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Sutcliffe, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawrence Leake, air gunner, †
Sgt Sidney Richard Tinkler, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Maasniel: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED329
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Maasniel
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 Scampton at 2359LT on May 12 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Maasniel. Six crew members were killed and the bomb aimer became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Victor Albert Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Samuel Laughlin, flight engineer, †
F/O John Douglas Wallace, navigator, †
Sgt Philip Gaer Kehl, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Bruce Loverseed, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alexander Steel, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Cecil Louis Gerding, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Hout-Blerick: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE592
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Location:
Hout-Blerick
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 Dishforth in the evening of April 8 on an operation to Duisburg. It was later shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hout-Blerick, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O James Francis Smith, pilot,
Sgt Paul Anthony Smith, navigator,
W/O Cuthbert Worcester Graham Burke, wireless operator,
F/O Russel Gordon Cook, air gunner,
P/O Olivier Edouard Emile Schulz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Nederweert: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2321 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB845
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Nederweert
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2000LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Nederweert, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Herbert Ottewill Richardson, pilot,
Sgt Robert Osbourne Mitchell Dunlop, flight engineer,
F/O Charles Robert Cecil Aust Allberry, navigator,
Sgt Reginald John Kernick, navigator,
F/O Lancelot Rodney Cayley Shadwell, wireless operator,
Sgt John McCormick, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Henry Webb, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Ysselsteyn: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2148 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT751
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Ysselsteyn
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1917LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ysselsteyn. An air gunner was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Nevines, pilot,
Sgt Frederick George Stapleton, flight engineer,
P/O John Bernard Locke, navigator,
Sgt Walter Stafford Poland, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Stafford Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Christopher Ratcliffe, air gunner,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Sharpe, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED449
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Well
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 Skellingthorpe at 1940LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Well, on the east bank of the Maas River. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick Ward, pilot,
Sgt Robert Wilson, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Stephens, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Heslop, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Andrew Allan, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard John Jenkins, air gunner,
F/Sgt Victor Robert David, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR692
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Horst
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 Melbourne at 1921LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horst, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Barker, pilot,
Sgt William Lloyd George Thompson, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth Alfred Mills, navigator,
F/O Ronald James Paul, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Evan Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt James Freel, air gunner,
Sgt George Albert Hyatt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Beegden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 14, 1943 at 2106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3420
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Location:
Beegden
Limburg
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 Dishforth at 1806LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beegden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Sedley Stewart Blanchard, pilot,
W/O Kenneth William Tutton, copilot,
F/O Paul Winstanley Jeanneret, navigator,
Sgt Percival Maurice Corley, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur Grant Longwell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Henry Eveline, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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