Royal Air Force - RAF

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DT772

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Plain, Valley

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Leeming - Leeming

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2340LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zeist, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denis Blum, pilot,
F/Sgt Cecil Lester Sebelius, flight engineer,
P/O George Edward Bisheff, navigator,
Sgt Michael David Shakespeare, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Clarence MacDonald, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Rene Archambault, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Duncan Walsh, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oudenbosch: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0221 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE981

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Plain, Valley

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East Moor - East Moor

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2327LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudenbosch. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Lionel Frederick Lown, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur James Sieffert, navigator,
W/O John Kenneth Wood, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alfred Spencer Rhodes, wireless operator,
W/O William Henry Calder, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Mönchengladbach: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0215 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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W4939

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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Mönchengladbach

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0009LT on an operation to Krefeld. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Mönchengladbach. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alfred Walter Teerman, pilot, †
P/O Hugh Jenkin Trafford, flight engineer, †
Sgt Arthur Leslie Thomas Hosking, navigator, †
Sgt Harry Thomson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Edwin O'Neil Cassell, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Hetherington, air gunner, †
Sgt Bernard Desmond O'Neill, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sankt Hubert: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0212 LT

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JD209

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Leeming - Leeming

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Sankt Hubert

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2345LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sankt Hubert, 10 km northwest of Krefeld. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Gaudias Albert Patry, pilot, †
Sgt John Harold William Bishop, flight engineer,
P/O Norman Kellner, navigator, †
Sgt Desmond Rudge, bomb aimer, †
Sgt George Albert Freeman, wireless operator,
P/O Edward Moorcroft, air gunner,
W/O Albert Bennett Lewis, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0209 LT

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JD205

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Elvington - Elvington

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The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2350LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boxtel. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Gardner, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Henry Alfred Nicholson, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Geroge Hawthorne, navigator,
P/O Alfred Hagan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Dennis Antony Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Ross Currie, air gunner, †
Sgt Rolph Henry King, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Schwafheim: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0203 LT

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JD124

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Plain, Valley

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Gransden Lodge - Gransden Lodge

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Schwafheim

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Gransden Lodge at 2336LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schwafheim, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt S. L. Murrell, pilot,
P/O F. W. Hodge,
P/O J. H. T. J. Lemieux,
P/O R. A. Livingston,
P/O A. W. Nichols,
P/O E. D. Rowe,
F/Sgt R. L. Robinson, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0202 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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ED885

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Warboys - Warboys

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The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km west of Ouddorp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Adam Marson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Albert Bowman, flight engineer,
Sgt George Alfred Philip Edwards, navigator,
Sgt Frederick John Willett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Ottey, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Shacklady, air gunner,
Sgt George Wilfred Brown, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Sterksel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0150 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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BK722

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Downham Market - Downham Market

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0016LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sterksel. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Robert Rich, pilot, †
Sgt Herbert Hill, flight engineer,
Sgt Fred Fawcett, navigator,
Sgt Brian Kermonde, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Anthony James Small, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Herbert Burrows, air gunner, †
Sgt John Swan McDonald, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Wamel

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0148 LT

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