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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Dunkirk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1017
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Cant Morris, pilot, †
Sgt Gerald Anthony Simpson, pilot, †
P/O William Alexander Trickett, navigator,
Sgt John Potts, wireless operator, †
P/O W. A. Shiells, wireless operator,
Sgt J. W. Brown, air gunner,
F/Sgt George Sanderson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston III near Bourbourg

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1942 at 1550 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
Z2194
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Bourbourg
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1422LT on an operation to Lille. Southwest of Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bourbourg. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Williams, observer,
Sgt Gordon Samuel Gay Black, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston III off Dunkirk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
Z2265
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0935LT to bomb a dry dock at Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ernest Newton Pasterfield, pilot,
Sgt Edmund Ronald Baird, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Clifden Darnell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 in La Bassée: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 14, 1942 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lille - Lille
MSN:
3732
Location:
La Bassée
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in La Bassée, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Karl Selzan, pilot,
Gefr Walter Tydecks, observer,
Gefr Karl Gaßmann, radio operator,
Uffz Rudolf Just, mechanic,
Gefr Georg Schulz, air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Dunkirk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 16, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6973
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
MSN:
2255
YOM:
1941
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 1643LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Edward Baldock,
F/Sgt Wilson Gilmore Caldwell,
F/Sgt Walter Arthur Evans,
Sgt Douglas Gordon Jack,
Sgt George Edward Thompson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Dunkirk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2003 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE377
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1730LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Tom Copsey,
P/O Walter John Frost,
P/O John Lindsay,
P/O Francis Leonard Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Lille

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1705
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Lille
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1839LT on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Lille. Four crew members became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Bruno Bilinski,
Sgt Stanisław Konarzewski,
F/O Piotr Jozef Kowalski,
Sgt Kasimierz Roman Sobczak,
P/O Zbigniew Groyecki,
Sgt Jan Budzynski.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Dunkirk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE316
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Winston Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt Fred Chadwick Stephenson, †
F/Lt Ian Hugh Kingwell,
Sgt Leslie Arthur Parker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Dunkirk

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE382
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1855LT on an operation to Dunkirk. Believed to have crashed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Adam Anderson,
Sgt Joseph Paul Anthony Bonett,
Sgt George William Niblett,
Sgt Frank Ernest Wotton.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Dunkirk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1717
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Dunkirk
Nord
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Hubert May, pilot,
F/Sgt James Patrick McKay, navigator,
Sgt Lionel Black, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Hambleton, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Whitehouse Price, wireless operator,
Sgt Jesse Clemence Brakeman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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