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

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1943 at 0411 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED761
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2149LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Waverveen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Alfred Ernest Fisher, pilot,
Sgt Frank Alexander Bandeen, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Richardson, navigator,
Sgt Roy Herbert George Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Westerdale, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald John Simmons, air gunner,
Sgt Alick George Deane, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Benschop: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R9282
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1827LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Benschop. Three crew members were killed and four became PoW.
Crew:
S/L William Clarke, pilot, †
Sgt David James Connearn, flight engineer,
Sgt George Eric Johnson, navigator, †
Sgt John Anthony Lawson, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Thomas William Burke, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald F. Crawley, air gunner,
Sgt John Caldwell Adam, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Willeskop: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BF415
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 1822LT on an operation to Hamburg. While overflying The Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Willeskop, southwest of Utrecht. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (90th Squadron):
P/O George Douglas MacDougall, pilot,
P/O Gerald Stephens, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Howard Jenkins, flight engineer,
Sgt Claud Gordon Humphrey MacTavish, observer,
Sgt Richard Thompson Williams, navigator,
Sgt George Chirrey Adam, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Joseph Egan, air gunner,
F/O Frederick Arthur Parton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Leusden: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1943 at 2005 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R9197
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 1827LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over Amersfoort, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leusden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denis Hedley Smith, pilot,
P/O Derek Gordon De Garis, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Frank Evans, flight engineer,
W/O William McKenzie Murdoch, observer,
F/O John Irven Mackenzie, navigator,
W/O William Obadiah Powell, wireless operator,
P/O Daniel O'Neill, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arley Henry Thiessen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 at Soesterberg AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
4389
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances at Soesterberg AFB, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
G. Albl, instructor,
Oblt H. Brodtmann, pilot,
Uffz A. Rascher, mechanic,
Uffz A. Rudolf, radio operator.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 at Soesterberg AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1943 at 1907 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+DN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
5577
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed while taking off from Soesterberg AFB and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz E. Graf, pilot,
Ogfr E. Specht, observer,
Uffz H. Eisenhuth, radio operator,
Uffz B. Baumgartner, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1943 at 2002 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED319
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1722LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Haarzuilens, near Vleuten. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Stanley Warlow, pilot,
Sgt Vincent John Mervyn Donaldson, flight engineer,
Sgt Alexander Jacobsen, navigator,
Sgt Robert Elwyn Roberts, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Webber, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Albert Gillen, air gunner,
Sgt George Roe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1942 at 0002 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W4191
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1715LT on an operation to Munich. Just after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elst, 28 km southeast of Utrecht. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Robert Bannerman, pilot,
Sgt James Roy Walker, pilot,
Sgt Peter Clinch Hind, navigator,
Sgt Harold Bate, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Joseph Bentley, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Albert Davey, air gunner,
Sgt George James Dean, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 at Soesterberg AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+CM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
4385
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Soesterberg AFB, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Uffz N. Hildenbrand, pilot,
Ogfr W. Fingerhut, observer,
Uffz H. Mahlke, radio operator,
Uffz O. Strittmatter, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Zeist

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1942 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
5450
YOM:
1942
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operational sortie. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 metres, it suffered an engine failure. The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Zeist. All four crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Ogefr Gustav Dehmke, air gunner +3.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.