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The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1825LT on February 14 on an operation to Cologne. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines. While cruising in the vicinity of RAF Pocklington, the engines stopped, the airplane lots height then collided with trees and crashed. The air gunner was killed and four other occupants were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Richard Martin, pilot,
P/O Harold James Stephen Harmer, navigator,
Sgt John Forbes Loudon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Basil Dunstan Hall,
Sgt Joseph Jeffrie Robson, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Engine failure apparently due to a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Flamborough Head: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1943

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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R4816

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Breighton - Breighton

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 1700LT on January 17 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned at an altitude of 5,000 feet off Flamborough Head. A crew was killed and six others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. M. Wendon, pilot,
Sgt C. Askam,
Sgt A. Kennedy,
Sgt D. A. Corfe, †
Sgt R. A. Williams,
Sgt R. G. Wynn,
Sgt A. C. Johnston, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II at RAF Pocklington

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1943 at 2323 LT

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DT506

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Snaith - Snaith

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1657LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it diverted to RAF Pocklington where it crashed upon landing due to failure of the flap mechanism. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt B. T. Brett, pilot,
Sgt C. G. Waring,
Sgt R. K. Guy,
Sgt K. A. Daragon,
P/O L. G. McCoy,
Sgt C. Vandy,
Sgt B. R. Fyfield, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Failure of the flap mechanism.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Out Newton

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1943 at 2130 LT

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Dornier DO.217

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U5+KT

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Deelen - Deelen

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4314

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1941

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The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to Hull. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the British Flak and crashed in Out Newton. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Anton Ries, pilot,
Obgfr Horst Küster, observer,
Uffz Arno Salz, radio operator,
Uffz Alfred Muschiol, flight engineer.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the British Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near RAF Driffield

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1942 at 1935 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE149

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Training

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The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Driffield. On approach, the propeller on one engine started to flutter and the pilot feathered it. The airplane lost height and crashed on a farm building located near the airbase, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped, one was injured. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. R. Norton,
Sgt C. F. Tozer,
Sgt C. T. King,
Sgt G. K. Young,
Sgt R. Treacher.

Probable cause:

Malfunction or failure of the constant speed unit (CSU).

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Flamborough: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE391

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Training

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1720LT for a Bulls Eye exercise, testing the defenses of Leeds and Sheffield and other towns. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea some 35 km east of Flamborough, at coordinates 54° 05' N 0° 25' E. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Egerton, pilot,
F/O George Leslie Sellars, flight engineer,
Sgt David Dorn,
W/O Donald Lorne Hogben,
Sgt Joseph Davison, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Bempton

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1942 at 1900 LT

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W7764

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1636LT on an operation to Torino. En route, the crew decided to return to base following a fire in the port inner engine. Approaching the coast, the pilot ditched the airplane in the Filey Bay off Bempton. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O M. P. Watson, pilot,
Sgt R. G. Head,
Sgt G. E. Coleman,
Sgt L. McKinnon,
Sgt G. P. Bailey,
Sgt T. R. Galbraith,
Sgt W. Bamford, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Aircraft ditched following a fire in the port inner engine.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Hull: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1942 at 0430 LT

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W1253

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The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1725LT on November 7 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in the Humber River. Three crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
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P/O D. Beveridge, pilot,
F/Sgt Mark Francis Carlin, †
Sgt Mathias Aaron Goldstein, †
Sgt A. E. F. Wheeler,
Sgt D. G. Culver,
Sgt L. Purchase,
F/Sgt Robert White Stockton, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Driffield: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1942 at 1959 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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DF536

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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