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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0211 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED603
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2301LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Eric Arthur Tilbury, pilot,
P/O Arthur Bertram Smart, flight engineer,
P/O Harold Elvin Howsam, navigator,
P/O Arthur Gordon Fletcher, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Raymond Edward Moore, wireless operator,
F/O Gordon Robert Sugar, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick John Sprack, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-14 into the IJsselmeer: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3E+DR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
144645
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on a combat mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt M. Trümpelmann, pilot,
Ogefr W. Maier, observer,
Uffz F. Thomas, radio operator,
Uffz K. Schmidt, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into the IJsselmeer: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0406 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HZ280
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 0001LT on an operation to Bochum. Homebound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O William Wahl, pilot, †
Sgt Stuart Arthur Hamilton Davis, navigator,
P/O Harry Wilson Newby, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt William Norman Partridge, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Arnold Wright, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the IJsselmeer: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
DT732
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 2351LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Franklin Mills, pilot,
Sgt James Cyril Howie, flight engineer,
Sgt John Swanson Macadam, navigator,
Sgt John William Avent, bomb aimer,
Sgt Aeron Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Maltby, air gunner,
Sgt Eric John Charles Howard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the IJsselmeer: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1943 at 0337 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BF383
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 0037LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Fraser Mackenzie, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Wilson, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Alsop Walker, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Francis Cocking, navigator,
Sgt Victor George Leak, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Edward Hardingham, air gunner,
Sgt James Riby Boyes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5575
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1703LT on an operation to Berlin. Over The Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Arthur Axup,
F/Sgt Henry Craig Beebe,
Sgt John Bell,
Sgt John Charles Brottain,
Sgt Peter Lane,
Sgt Geoffrey Harold Rowson,
Sgt John Edgar West.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W7442
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2358LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Montgomery Livingston, pilot,
Sgt William Bennett, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander John Kenny, observer,
P/O Lewis Alfred Booth, navigator,
P/O Francis Larry Flynn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Raymond Coates, wireless operator,
P/O James Graham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the IJsselmeer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1331
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2318LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Daniel Plawski, pilot,
F/O Jan Kozak, pilot,
F/O Paweł Jan Wybraniec, navigator,
F/Sgt Jan Czerwonka, wireless operator,
Sgt Kazimierz Andrzej Podgorski, air gunner,
Sgt Roman Radecki, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 into the IJsselmeer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+GC
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
1161
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in the Waddenzee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
AT124
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation. It failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed in the Waddenzee. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Ralph Jenkins, pilot,
P/O James Thomas Bartle Clough, navigator,
Sgt John Arthur Woodroffe, wireless operator,
Sgt John Anthony Steele, air gunner.