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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.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Grefrath: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2314 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Grefrath
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grefrath, 31 km southwest of Duisburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Earle Milton Nelson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Victor Newstead, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ron Bowen Anzac Pender, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Shields, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Roy Alexander Parnell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Richmond Riley, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Bird, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED618
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Doornspijk
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 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doornspijk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O John David Steele, pilot,
Sgt John Hence, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Michael John Bennett, navigator,
Sgt D'Arcy Gould, bomb aimer,
F/O Norman James Ritchie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Stanley Grundy, air gunner,
Sgt William David George O'Brien, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Jisp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 2242 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED554
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Jisp
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 Langar at 2026LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Jisp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Harold Arthur Healey, pilot,
Sgt William Leslie Whitehouse, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Arthur Rupert Lewis, navigator,
Sgt Denis Edward Whitaker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roy Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Eric Arthur Dampier, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cornelius William Kleynhans, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Doullens

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK361
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Doullens
Somme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2118LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doullens. All five crew members parachuted to safety, one evaded and four became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Stanley Barclay, pilot,
P/O B. M. Marion, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Wesley Hart, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Herbert Conrad, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Francis Limage, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB847
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elvington - Elvington
Location:
Moyvillers
Oise
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2141LT on an operation to Duisburg. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base and flying at an altitude of 15,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Moyvillers. Seven crew members were killed and one parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Julien William Noel Balley, pilot, †
Sgt Louis Frederick Samson, pilot, †
Sgt James William Robert Henry Woodley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Thomas Smith McStay, navigator, †
Sgt Roland Wilson, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Alexander Greene, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Walter Hedicker, air gunner, †
Sgt Tom Crossland, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the North Sea: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9199
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2119LT on April 8 on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Leonard James Stewart, pilot,
P/O Guy Maurice Marie Legarrigue De Meillac, copilot,
Sgt Gerald Mortimer Boardman, flight engineer,
F/O Alan Hamilton Jackson, navigator,
Sgt Robert Sydney Hamilton-Fox, bomb aimer,
Sgt Vivian Walters, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Wilson, air gunner,
F/Sgt George Claremont Gale, air gunner.
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