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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Zandvoort: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB324
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Zandvoort
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 Melbourne at 2322LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 10 km west of Zandvoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Mitchell Pinkerton, pilot,
Sgt Frank Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Nuttall, navigator,
Sgt William Waring, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Conway, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Franklin Karl Crowe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Timothy Leo MacAskill, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD259
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Location:
Leest
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2309LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leest, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Ernest Cavanagh, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Sage, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Ridley Forster, navigator,
F/O Daniel Valentine Elliott, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Richard Green, wireless operator,
P/O Ronald Albert Charles Maund, air gunner,
F/Sgt Oliver William Todd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Walcheren: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0229 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EE875
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Location:
Walcheren
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 Chedburgh at 2335LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km west of Walcheren. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Nicholson, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Owen Jasper, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth William Read, navigator,
F/O William Henry Boundy, bomb aimer,
Sgt Amos Alfred Thomas Woodard, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Jackson, air gunner,
Sgt Harold James Wells, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Oosterland: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EH889
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Oosterland
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 Newmarket at 2348LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 8 km off Oosterland. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Fraser McCrorie, pilot,
Sgt Eric Grainger, flight engineer,
P/O William Stuckey, navigator,
F/Sgt James Leonard Richards, bomb aimer,
W/O Richard Douglas Tod, wireless operator,
W/O Robert Ernest Tod, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Anthony Kennedy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Oostrum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK810
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Oostrum
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2347LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a combination of German Flak and fighter and crashed in Oostrum. Two crew members were killed and five others became Pow.
Crew:
P/O Francis Max McKenzie, pilot, †
Sgt R. A. W. Triptree, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Edgar Lewis West, navigator,
F/Sgt John Frederick Blank, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Basil Henry Broadhead, wireless operator,
Sgt James Robert George Chrystal, air gunner,
Sgt Eric William McGonigal, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a combination of German Flak and fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Kaathoven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK141
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Kaathoven
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2324LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kaathoven. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Douglas Hamilton, pilot, †
Sgt James Arnold Spencer, flight engineer,
W/O John Joseph Reansbury, navigator, †
Sgt Gerald David Sharp, observer, †
Sgt Norman Geoffrey Whiting, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Pierce James Axel Dennis, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Gordon Louis Tyrone, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Houthalen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF457
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Houthalen
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Houthalen. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Alfred Sneath, pilot, †
P/O Robert Gordon Clarke,
P/O Athol Bury Drummond-Hay,
Sgt James Theodore Hindley, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Oliver Hills, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off The Hague: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF572
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
The Hague
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
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
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK656
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Otterlo
Gelderland
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 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.
Probable cause:
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
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DG405
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
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 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.
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