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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Markelo: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4861
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
Markelo
Overijssel
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 Wickenby at 2255LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed north of Markelo. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O William Norman Mounsey, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Benson Jowett, flight engineer,
F/O William Butler Whitaker, navigator, †
Sgt Albert Dews, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Sydney George Miller, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth George Legg, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Pierpoint, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0134 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD122
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Rijssen
Overijssel
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 2216LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed north of Rijssen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Guy Edgar Schubert, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Goodyear, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald Charles Oliver, navigator,
F/O Alan Bert Orme, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter John Wood, wireless operator,
Sgt John Redman, air gunner,
Sgt Julius Goldflust, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Buurse: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
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 at 2306LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field near Buurse. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (426th Squadron):
Sgt Leslie Gordon Sutherland, pilot,
Sgt William Dunkerley, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Jepson, bomb aimer,
W/O Kenneth Howard Masterson, wireless operator,
W/O Levie Afrien Rivest, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Buurse: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0108 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE290
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
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 Kirmington at 2319LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. While cruising at night over the Netherlands at an altitude of 5,000 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located near Buurse, south of Enschede, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
Sgt Edward Silas Morris, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Victor George Alloway, navigator,
Sgt Harold Blamire Thompson, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Frederick Williamson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Robert Stewart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Wierden: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0253 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR790
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Wierden
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2354LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Outbound at an altitude of 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed southwest of Wierden. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George William Hope Byres, pilot,
Sgt George Steer, flight engineer, †
F/O Robert Henry Stark, navigator,
Sgt Dennis John Emes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Thomas Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt Clement Stringer, air gunner, †
F/Sgt John Arthur Charles Jacobs, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Oud-Avereest: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB966
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gransden Lodge - Gransden Lodge
Location:
Oud-Avereest
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Gransden Lodge at 2352LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Avereest. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Hugh Donald Beattie, pilot, †
Sgt John Donald Gibson, flight engineer,
P/O John Arthur Hawtin, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth William Clarke, bomb aimer,
Sgt Sydney Buchanan Hawley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Reginald Ferguson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ralph Eric Hart, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 2342 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5611
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Rossum
Overijssel
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 Syerston at 2130LT on an operation to Plzeň. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rossum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Francis James Howell, pilot,
Sgt Duncan Grey, flight engineer,
F/Sgt William Bill Hiram Hill, navigator,
Sgt Ernest George Ronald Beacham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert William Littlefair, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Allan Dunmore, air gunner,
W/O Douglas Seldon Mitchell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Albergen: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 2332 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED667
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Albergen
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2137LT on an operation to Plzeň. Outbound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Albergen. Two crew members were killed, four others became PoW and the pilot evaded.
Crew:
P/O Jan Bernard Marinus Haye, pilot,
Sgt Roy Stanley James Betteridge, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John A. Redgrave, navigator,
Sgt Charles Frederick Saville, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Herbert Allison, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Reginal Gilliver, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Ronald Franklin Williams, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Buurse: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT801
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 0023LT on an operation to Duisburg. While overflying the Netherlands at an altitude of 3,300 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field but the bomber crash landed and came to rest upside down, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed, the pilot evaded and four others became PoW.
Crew (35th Squadron):
S/L Douglas Julian Sale, pilot,
Sgt Clarence Washington Rowley, flight engineer,
F/O Geoffrey Edward Heard, navigator,
F/Lt Rupert Claude Sawyer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Samuel Angus Moores, wireless operator,
Sgt David John Richards, air gunner, †
Sgt Ross Oliver Elford, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Deurningen: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0217 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE321
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Location:
Deurningen
Overijssel
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 Dalton at 2342LT on May 12 on an operation to Duisburg. The following night, while passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Deurningen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alan Edgar Hatch, pilot,
F/O Raymond Lamport Baumgarten, navigator,
F/Sgt Douglas Ray Horwood, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Leven, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Clifford Hildreth, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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