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

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0118 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Stavenisse
Zeeland
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 East Moor at 2337LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Stavenisse, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ernest Alexander Star, pilot,
F/Sgt John Kopchuk, navigator,
F/Sgt James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Casimir Frank Orlinski, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Parkinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Vlissingen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0146 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED785
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Fiskerton - Fiskerton
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Fiskerton at 2211LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the mouth of the Schelde off Vlissingen. Seven crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L George Gerard Storey, pilot, †
Sgt John Burnside, pilot, †
Sgt George Samuel Underlin, flight engineer, †
F/O Ronald Charles Blythe, navigator, †
Sgt William Henry Waring, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Maurice Gordon Webb, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Myrl Ellwood Bunn, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Buttrey, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Wissenkerke: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4332
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Wissenkerke
Zeeland
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 Binbrook at 2259LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Schelde off Wissenkerke. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Gale Phillips, pilot,
Sgt John HenryEmmett, flight engineer,
P/O Edwin Francis Davey, navigator,
Sgt George Dennis Prince, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph William Ousley, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Smith, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leslie Thomas Little, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a North American B-25C Mitchell off Vlissingen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0916 LT
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
FL677
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Foulsham - Foulsham
MSN:
82-5401
YOM:
1941
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Foulsham on an operation to Vlissingen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Donald Gordon Ogilvie, pilot,
F/O Philip Corfield Jackson, navigator,
Sgt David John Frank Jenkins, wireless operator,
Sgt Vincent John Browne, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Sint-Maartensdijk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR788
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Sint-Maartensdijk
Zeeland
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 Snaith at 2351LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt, south of Sint-Maartensdijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James John Anderson, pilot,
Sgt George Luff, flight engineer,
Sgt Anthony Ribour Helliwell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Edwin Brodie, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Glassman, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Biddle, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Evans, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Westkapelle: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE184
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Location:
Westkapelle
Zeeland
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 Burn at 2320LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 22 km west of Westkapelle. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Dunsmore Eaglesham, pilot,
F/O Lewis Charles Long, navigator,
P/O Henry Tudor McAusland, bomb aimer,
P/O Joseph Howard Burrow, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Hamilton Stephenson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Serooskerke: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0041 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED786
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Serooskerke
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2227LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt south of Serooskerke. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Ross Manahan, pilot,
W/Cdr Ralph Armine Ignatius Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Robert Elston Longster, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard John Collins, navigator,
P/O George McVitty, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Gordon Watts, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Harry Martin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Vlissingen: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ471
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
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 Leconfield at 2236LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Bruce Andrew Richmond, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Gordon Bailey,
Sgt Edward George Collman,
F/Sgt Isadore Samuel Levitt,
W/O William Sherron Anglin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Vlissingen: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE319
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
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 2232LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlissingen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frank Lee Shelnutt, pilot,
Sgt John Frederick Langley,
F/Sgt John Glenford Alexander Marshall,
Sgt David Crawford Smith,
F/Sgt Harry MacMillan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III of Vlissingen: 7

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED834
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bardney - Bardney
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
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 Bardney at 2319LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Schelde River off Vlissingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harold Walter Woodhouse, pilot,
Sgt Leslie John Daker, flight engineer,
Sgt James Brownlie Corbett, navigator,
Sgt Harold John Warren, navigator,
Sgt William Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Glyn Coffin, air gunner,
Sgt Edgar Leslie Matthews, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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