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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0304 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF571
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Den Helder
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 Mildenhall at 2336LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 25 km southwest of Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Ellithorne Allen, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Wright, flight engineer,
Sgt Aston Crawford Lake, navigator,
Sgt Henry Charles Relph, bomb aimer,
Sgt Wilfred Stanley Champ, wireless operator,
Sgt Leon Wilfred Joseph Dawson, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Kirk Fowler, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Heeten: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED914
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Heeten
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2326LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heeten. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Jeffrey Scholes, pilot,
F/Sgt Alexander Cook, flight engineer, †
F/O William John Harding-Haydon, navigator, †
Sgt Kenneth William Woodcock, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Watkinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Price, air gunner,
Sgt Emrys Russell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off IJmuiden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
DV157
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Location:
IJmuiden
North 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 Wickenby at 2322LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea off IJmuiden. Six crew members were killed and one was rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Alfred William Doel, pilot, †
Sgt William Frank Biggs, flight engineer, †
W/O Robert Durham, navigator, †
F/Sgt Owen Kendrick Whyman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Donald Lloyd Templeman, wireless operator,
F/O Owen Kenyon Jones, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Robert Pagett, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0246 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE392
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Location:
Oudesluis
North Holland
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 Burn at 2300LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudesluis, 13 km south of Den Helder. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Edwin Mulford, pilot.
F/O Colin Angus McDougall, navigator,
W/O James Gerald Breen, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Richard Bell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Earl Stewart Rheaume, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1324
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wymeswold - Wymeswold
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane was dispatched from RAF Wymeswold on an Air Sea Rescue operation over the North Sea. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the search area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Ewen Paul, pilot,
P/O John Edward Norris, pilot,
F/Sgt Derry Gates Bird, navigator,
Sgt William Albert Drew, wireless operator,
Sgt George Swan, wireless operator,
Sgt John Detrick Halvorsen, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Teuge: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED976
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Teuge
Gelderland
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 Grimsby at 2325LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed some 2 km northeast of Teuge Airfield. Six crew members were killed and the air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Benjamin Magill, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Nicholas Cummings, flight engineer, †
F/O Charles Bernard Fleming, navigator, †
Sgt William Frederick Bradley, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Gordon Glover, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John William Lake, air gunner, †
Sgt Lynton A. Stephenson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0243 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB785
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Location:
Giessenburg
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2329LT on June 11 on an operation to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Giessenburg, about 30 km east southeast of Rotterdam. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Racine Herbert, pilot, †
F/Sgt Frank Stewart, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Ernest Cassingham, navigator, †
Sgt Robert Hubert Makin, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Greenwood, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Henry Boone, air gunner, †
P/O Archibald Victor Wallace, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED522
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
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 Wickenby at 2334LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Highet, pilot,
Sgt John Edgar Constable, flight engineer,
Sgt William Andrew Gillanders, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth John Tagg, bomb aimer,
Sgt Sidney Lazarus Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Robert Evans, air gunner,
Sgt Alan William Lee, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Möllen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0224 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR684
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Möllen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2241LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Möllen, northwest of Dinslaken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Morris Gavagan, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edward Hayes, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Jasper Lionel Jeal, navigator,
F/O John Bentley Binns, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Albert Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Hollyer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1943 at 0224 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4373
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
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 Wickenby at 2301LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss, west of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Patrick Raymond Ford, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Charles Avery, flight engineer,
Sgt James Albert Osborn, navigator,
Sgt Geoffrey William Twitty, bomb aimer,
Sgt Myer Harris, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Anderson, air gunner,
Sgt Marcus Walter Stone, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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