Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Elsendorp: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2561
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Elsendorp
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed an Advances Base on the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Elsendorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Arthur Sherman, pilot,
Sgt Edward Hilton, navigator,
Sgt Albert Nicholas, observer,
Sgt Edgar Tong Briggs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Francis Wayne Gennett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Stramproy: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0032 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV867
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wing - Wing
Location:
Stramproy
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wing at 2100LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stramproy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Irvine Lewis Downs, pilot,
Sgt James Joseph Kearns, observer,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Kirkpatrick, observer,
Sgt James William Rowling, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Peter Allenby, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Overhetfeld: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV703
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wing - Wing
Location:
Overhetfeld
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wing at 2056LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Shortly after midnight, while approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Overhetfeld, some 44 km west of Düsseldorf. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Wilfred Gardner, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John Blake Higginson, air gunner, †
P/O James M'Ilveen, observer, †
Sgt Creighton Carlyle Ogilvie,
Sgt Lawrence Hedley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bleiswijk

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2606
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Location:
Bleiswijk
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2117LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over South Holland, it was probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bleiswijk. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bryan Bing,
Sgt Fred Dean,
Sgt Peter Martin,
Sgt Leonard Waterson,
Sgt D. Oxenham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bienen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0005 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV890
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
Location:
Bienen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn 2036LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bienen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Norman John Rowe, pilot,
Sgt Jack Inskip, observer,
Sgt Walter Archibald O'Malley, observer,
Sgt Thomas Pearse Hurley, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Doughty Gorton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Osterwick: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0002 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9932
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stratford - Stratford
Location:
Osterwick
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stratford at 2030LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Osterwick, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Daniel Lawrence Pablo, pilot,
Sgt Charles Edward Pollard, observer,
P/O Clifford Roy Sullivan, observer,
F/Sgt Wallace Hayden Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Eddie Stanley Joseph McCasky, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the North Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9357
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2112LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was ditched in the North Sea roughly 48 km off the Dutch coast, following an explosion wich wrecked the starboard inner engine and blew away a large part of the fuselage. The same explosion caused both outer motors to lose power. Two crew members were killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt E. B. Cozens, pilot,
Sgt F. G. McGrevy,
Sgt D. A. W. Innes, †
Sgt D. J. Rushton, †
Sgt L. J. Chessell,
Sgt G. A. Pears,
Sgt J. Anderson.
Probable cause:
Engine explosion in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV Near Düsseldorf: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1477
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Düsseldorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2030LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O S. McHugh,
Sgt G. C. Hyde,
Sgt K. O. Bowers,
Sgt K. H. Reddish,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Giles.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Düsseldorf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5638
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Düsseldorf
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 Coningsby at 2045LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the central station of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt A. G. Smith,
Sgt J. Russell,
P/O J. F. Nicolle,
Sgt R. D. McPherson,
Sgt W. M. Andrews,
Sgt A. P. Jamieson,
Sgt Gerald Graham Chalmers.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Neuss: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4104
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Neuss
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 Wyton at 2036LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O John Gordon McDonald, pilot,
Sgt Albert George Cook, flight engineer,
F/O Harris Lewington Mazengarb, navigator,
Sgt Philipp William Samwell, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald John Calderwood, wireless operator,
Sgt Graham George Millard, air gunner,
F/Sgt Harry Raeburn Watson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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