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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1948LT on an operation to Lübeck. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Juvre Dyb off the Rømø Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Johannes C. F. Du Toit, pilot,
W/Cdr Montagu F. B. Read, pilot,
Sgt John W. Dawson, flight engineer,
F/O John R. Drake, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth J. Cooper, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Speed, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan I. Parkinson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Joseph D. R. Menard, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling i in Saint Hubertus: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942 at 0018 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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Registration:

N3763

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Downham Market - Downham Market

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1950LT on an operation to Lübeck. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Saint Hubertus, about 2 km northeast of Lübeck-Blankensee Airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maldwyn Griffiths, pilot,
Sgt Charles O'Callaghan, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Henderson, observer,
Sgt John Thomas Jones, observer,
Sgt Frederick Livingston Roleston, wireless operator,
Sgt T. Duffy, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Edward Jeffrey, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Krefeld

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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W1116

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Melbourne - Melbourne

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Krefeld

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1841LT on an operation to Krefeld. Believed to have been shot down by the German Flak over the target area. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Keith Abraham Baxter, pilot,
F/O Donald Scott Armstrong,
Sgt Cecil Melville Bradburn,
Sgt Henry George Clerke,
Sgt Howard Ralph Lang,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Shaw,
Sgt John Philip Stocks.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I off RAF Turnberry

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Blackburn B-26 Botha

Operator:

Registration:

L6201

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Turnberry - Turnberry

MSN:

7864/48

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1940

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While on a training exercise out from RAF Turnberry, the airplane suffered a double engine failure. The crew ditched the airplane 2 km off the airbase and was rescued. The airplane was lost.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off the Isle of Man

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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L7960

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Flight

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Training

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Irish Sea, off the Isle of Man. Crew fate unknown.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2256 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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W7852

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Melbourne - Melbourne

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The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1804LT on an operation to Flensburg. Passing the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eckernförde. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Hope Moller, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Brett, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Thomas McLennon Miller Hunter, observer, †
F/Sgt Cyril Haig MacPherson, observer, †
F/Sgt Clarence Eugene Pickard, wireless operator, †
Sgt Angus Grant McArthur, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin Louis Hughes, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2236 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Registration:

W7710

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1753LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Niehuus, some 6 km northwest of Flensburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Edward Carl Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Ben Bales Copeland, flight engineer,
P/O John Colwell Kitchen, observer,
F/Sgt Aaron Joseph Ronnie Vineberg, observer,
F/Sgt Albert Martin Carter, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Monson Green, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Granger McCron, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2232 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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BB236

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1759LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Friedenshügel. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt G. E. Farr, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Henry Tytherleigh, flight engineer, †
F/O John Hammond Carrick, navigator, †
F/O Gordon Menhennick Gillies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Norman Rex Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. E. Swift, air gunner,
Sgt J. Cunningham, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Sildemow: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2231 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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R5759

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Syerston - Syerston

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Sildemow

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1805LT on an operation to Wismar. Over Rostock, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sildemow, about 5 km south southeast of Rostock. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Geoffrey Ernest Dale, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald William Cadman, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Francis Dare, navigator, †
Sgt Stuart Gordon Bartells, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Ronald Sydney Cole, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Harry Robert Williamson, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Hewitt, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2229 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

Operator:

Registration:

W7780

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1757LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O J. T. Campbell, pilot,
Sgt C. A. Carpenter,
Sgt A. D. Chance,
F/O R. J. Ayles,
P/O J. R. P. Burke,
Sgt S. Peel,
P/O J. L. P. Le Page.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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