Royal Air Force - RAF

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Downham Market - Downham Market

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0009LT on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 25 km west of The Hague. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Brooks Hamilton Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Ernest Rose, flight engineer, †
Sgt Reginald Harrison Cramm, navigator, †
Sgt Wyndham Henry Davies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Cederic Roland Minns, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Labiuk, air gunner, †
F/Sgt P. W. Farr, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Otterlo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0207 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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BK656

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Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2330LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Otterlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Vincent Hawkins, pilot,
Sgt Francis Henry Williams, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Dalton Joseph Tickle, navigator,
F/O Lloyd John Gwynne, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Alexander Walter Crozier, wireless operator,
Sgt George Cairns Hutton, air gunner,
Sgt Morven Webster, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V off Urk: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0206 LT

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DG405

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Tempsford - Tempsford

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The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2335LT on June 22 on Operation St Paul/Harrow and Catarrh (Special Operation Executive). After two Dutch agents, G. A. van Borssum Buisman and H. Letteboer, parachuted to safety, the airplane was returning to base when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 8 km west of Urk. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Blanchard, flight engineer,
Sgt George Noel Cochrane, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon George, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Groom, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles William Hartin, navigator,
P/O Robert Geoffrey Higgins, pilot,
F/Sgt Maynard Hazlett Moore, navigator,
Sgt Robin Douglas Pryde-Watson, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Gellep-Stratum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0204 LT

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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ED699

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Bardney - Bardney

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Gellep-Stratum

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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The airplane departed RAF Bardney at 2317LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gellep-Stratum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Denness, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Hunt, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert George Bryan, navigator,
F/O Ronald Walter Winfield, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Frederick Sidney Day, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Frederick Kilsby, air gunner,
Sgt Eric William Geraghty, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Beugt: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0201 LT

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JB855

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Breighton - Breighton

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2303LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Beugt. Five crew members were killed, one evaded and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Herbert Knight, pilot, †
Sgt George William Henry Duffee, pilot,
Sgt Frank Charles Simons, flight engineer, †
P/O Henry John Standfast, navigator,
F/O Ronald Dennis Caldecourt, bomb aimer, †
F/O Stanley Albert Charles Cutler, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frederick James Ross Bain, air gunner, †
Sgt J. Lee, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE394

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Burn - Burn

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Mönchengladbach

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The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2319LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Over Mönchengladbach, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Alfred Hine, pilot,
F/O Harold Denis Quilter, navigator,
P/O Robert Edward Mercer, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Edgar Batty, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Edwin Wilkes, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Oud-Zuilen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0158 LT

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DK224

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Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

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The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2309LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oud-Zuilen. The flight engineer was killed (parachute failure) and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O J. Carrie, pilot,
G/C Douglas Ernest Lancelot Wilson, copilot,
Sgt Richard Huke, flight engineer, †
Sgt Geoffery Brian Thomason, navigator,
Sgt Richard William Hibbs, bomb aimer,
Sgt Elliott Learmont McVitie, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Morris Davies, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Herbert Hammett, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Mülheim an der Ruhr: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0152 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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JD251

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Snaith - Snaith

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Mülheim an der Ruhr

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2335LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the central cemetery. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Hugh Elliot, pilot, †
Sgt J. E. Davidson, flight engineer,
Sgt Terence Bennett, navigator, †
Sgt William Richard Newton, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Frank Hawes, wireless operator, †
Sgt Stephen William Kennedy, air gunner, †
Sgt Cyril James Matthews, air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Bockum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0141 LT

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DK139

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Leeming - Leeming

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Bockum

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