Country
United Kingdom
Operator Image

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Newhaven: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943 at 0555 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
DF611
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Seighford - Seighford
Location:
Newhaven
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Seighford at 0450LT on a navigation training exercise. One hour into the flight, a loss of power on one or more engine forced the captain to attempt an emergency landing. After it crash landed in a pasture located in Newhaven, the bomber collided with a hedge and a stonewall before coming to rest, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew (30th OTU):
Sgt Ronald Albert Jones, pilot, †
Sgt John Scott Spencer, navigator, †
Sgt Gilbert Kenneth Parsons, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt R. J. Perrin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt J. Douglas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Loss of power on one or more engine in flight.

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

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED823
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Halam
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field in Halam while engaged in a navigation training exercise. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Dunkin, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Lambert, navigator,
Sgt Henry Utley Oxspring, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Shearer Lindsay Graham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond David Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt William George Stephenson, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near RAF Bodney: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943 at 0116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED724
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Bodney AFB
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2040LT on April 9 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night and flying in the vicinity of Alkmaar, in the Netherlands, it was badly shot about by a German fighter and crash landed near RAF Bodney. An air gunner was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth George Bickers, pilot,
Sgt A. E. Fullick, flight engineer,
P/O Cyril John Plummer, navigator,
P/O Stanley Wilfred Peglar, bomb aimer,
Sgt A. G. Holmes, wireless operator,
Sgt G. H. Shaw, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Herbert Howell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Bergen aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943 at 0014 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED566
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
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 Waddington at 2046LT on April 9 on an operation to Duisburg. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km west of Bergen aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Roy Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Richard Henry Thomas, flight engineer,
Sgt Sidney John Argent, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Robert Hollinshead Thompson, bomb aimer,
W/O William John Reid, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Norman Bysouth, air gunner,
W/O Harold Logan Huether, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE506
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2315LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Frank Edward Booy, pilot,
Sgt Donald Francis Gage, observer,
Sgt George Myers, wireless operator,
Sgt David Winston Williams, air gunner,
Sgt John Gilbert Morgan, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2356 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
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 Breighton at 2044LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 50 km northwest of Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Ian MacDonald, pilot,
Sgt Allan Keith Meadows, flight engineer,
Sgt Mark Hoofe, navigator,
F/Sgt John Henry Dodgshun, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Lowrie Forrest, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Frederick Jones, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Frederick Allsopp, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Snelrewaard: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2346 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED502
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Snelrewaard
Utrecht
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 Waddington at 2048LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Snelrewaard. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Arthur Miles White, pilot,
Sgt Norman Percy Tutt, flight engineer,
F/O Hector Robertson, navigator,
F/O Graham John Gibbings, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Arthur Barker, wireless operator,
Sgt William Roy Jakeway, air gunner,
F/O Newton Bird, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Hubbelrath: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED590
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Fiskerton - Fiskerton
Location:
Hubbelrath
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Fiskerton at 2117LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hubbelrath, 10 km northeast of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek John Nigel Southern, pilot,
Sgt Charles John Tiley, flight engineer,
F/O James Balam Lapping, navigator,
Sgt George Stanley Pring, bomb aimer,
F/O Alexander Lyon Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Haigh Chatterton, air gunner,
P/O James Leslie Rollins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Kleinwijk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Kleinwijk
North Brabant
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 Waddington at 2045LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kleinwijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Frederick Paramore, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Hughes, flight engineer,
F/O Eric Hesketh, navigator,
Sgt Alan Maxwell Coulthard, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Henry Mactier, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Benning, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2323 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5898
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Oss
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2034LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oss. Four crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Archibald McNaughton Cowe, flight engineer,
F/O John Hamilton Salt, navigator, †
Sgt John Thomas Broughton, navigator,
Sgt Leslie John Nash, bomb aimer, †
Sgt James Walter Wardlaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Dixon, air gunner, †
Sgt Harry Waite, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
Subscribe to Royal Air Force - RAF