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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Munich: 8 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Munich
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
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 on Operation Bronze (Special Operation Executive), heading for Czechoslovakia. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Munich and was destroyed. Seven crew members were killed and one was seriously injured. The only survivor died from injuries sustained on April 11.
Crew:
S/L Christopher Francis Gibson, pilot,
W/O Douglas Clark Lisson, pilot,
Sgt Malcolm John Hudson, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Stanley Rigden, navigator,
W/O Maurice Tallier Peter Myers, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Stokes, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold John Sharood, air gunner,
Sgt Leo Peter Ward, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Fürstenfeldbruck AFB: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED703
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Fürstenfeldbruck AFB
Bavaria
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 Syerston at 2025LT on an operation to Munich. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Fürstenfeldbruck AFB, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Francis Llewellyn D'oyly Walters, pilot,
Sgt Henry McCullough, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Spencer, navigator,
Sgt Frank Bestwick, bomb aimer,
P/O Gerald Arthur Young, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Briggs,air gunner,
W/O Charles Francis Daley, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1943 at 2229 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Fürth
Bavaria
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 Syerston at 1930LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Clifford Argo Giles, pilot,
F/O Francis Richards, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Douglas Babington-Browne, navigator,
P/O Bernard John Gunter, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Carr, air gunner,
F/Sgt Douglas Forbes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4896
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Fürth
Bavaria
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 Warboys at 2015LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Fürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Murray Edward White, pilot,
Sgt Clement Roland Swift, flight engineer,
W/O Robert Harvey Ward, navigator,
W/O Robert Douglas Strong, navigator,
P/O Walter Raymond Affleck, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Albert Dorsett, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Neale, air gunner, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1943 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4886
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Neunhof
Bavaria
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 Syerston at 1900LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neunhof, about 8 km north northwest of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donald Joseph Curtin, pilot,
F/O Reginald John Frederick Windsor, pilot,
P/O Antony Frederick Lear, navigator,
S/Lt Patrick Myles McGrath, bomb aimer,
Sgt Vincent Edward Jack, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Rigby, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Owen Court, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1943 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED526
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Weisendorf
Bavaria
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 Bottesford at 1946LT on an operation to Nuremberg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Weisendorf, some 25 km northwest of Nuremberg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Maxwell Phillip Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Robert McKenzie Wylie, flight engineer,
F/Lt Oscar Gladwin Rowcroft, navigator,
Sgt Edward O'Kane, observer,
W/O Robert Stanley Woolley, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Wiggins, air gunner,
W/O Joseph Louis Bernard Larin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Roth: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1943 at 2331 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED387
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Roth
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on an operation to Nuremberg. After bombing, the crew was returning home when the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. All seven crew members bailed out. Four parachuted to safety and became PoW while three others were killed - two died after their parachutes failed to open and a third was shot.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Ashley Yates, pilot, †
Sgt H. C. May,
W/O Harry Siddell Peel,
Sgt Francis Robert Anton,
Sgt Arthur Cave McBay, wireless operator, †
F/O Ambury Newton Jarvis, air gunner, †
Sgt David Allan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Traunfeld: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED495
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Traunfeld
Bavaria
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 Waddington on an operation to Nuremberg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 1 km northeast of Traunfeld. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O J. A. Mitchell, pilot, †
Sgt E. S. K. Dobson,
Sgt G. H. Quiney,
P/O E. W. Sanger,
Sgt J. F. Cutler,
Sgt W. K. Lawson,
P/O Victor Charles Sherring, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1942 at 2130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4185
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Rothschwaige
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1734LT on an operation to Munich. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rothschwaige, in the south suburb of Dachau. Six crew members were killed and one parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Fenwicke-Clennell, pilot, †
F/Sgt Jack Passmore Warren, navigator, †
P/O Robert Guy Clarkson, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Peter Myram Slater, flight engineer,
P/O John Alexander Wilson Moffat, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Hilton Baker, air gunner, †
F/Sgt John Frederick Edwards, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Altreichenau: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1942 at 1155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
2763
Location:
Altreichenau
Bavaria
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Ofw Josef Rosenberger, pilot,
Uffz Richard Schuchinger, radio operator,
Fw Adolf Schilling, air gunner.
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