Country
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Flevoland
Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Urk: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 13, 1944 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LL807
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Faldingworth - Faldingworth
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Faldingworth at 2316LT on June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While flying over The Netherlands by night, the bomber was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Ijssel off Urk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (300th Squadron):
Jerzy Władysław Różański, pilot,
Mieczysław Hahn, navigator,
Wacław Bakun, air bomber,
Rajmund Bardzo , air gunner,
Marian Wróblewski, air gunner,
Albin Pacuła, radio operator,
Mieczysław Gustaw Szeliga , flight engineer.
Crew (300th Squadron):
Jerzy Władysław Różański, pilot,
Mieczysław Hahn, navigator,
Wacław Bakun, air bomber,
Rajmund Bardzo , air gunner,
Marian Wróblewski, air gunner,
Albin Pacuła, radio operator,
Mieczysław Gustaw Szeliga , flight engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Wijdenes: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 13, 1944 at 0143 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DV286
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Faldingworth - Faldingworth
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Faldingworth in the evening of June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While flying by night over Holland, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Markermeer, some 3 km south of Wijdenes. A crew member was rescued while all six other occupants were killed.
Crew (300th Squadron):
Bolesław Morski, pilot,
Franciszek Rembecki, pilot, †
Isaak Józef Feil, navigator, †
Feliks Stanisław Bladowski, flight engineer, †
Jan Bokroś, radio operator, †
Władysław Leppert, air gunner, †
Stanisław Miszturak, air gunner. †
Crew (300th Squadron):
Bolesław Morski, pilot,
Franciszek Rembecki, pilot, †
Isaak Józef Feil, navigator, †
Feliks Stanisław Bladowski, flight engineer, †
Jan Bokroś, radio operator, †
Władysław Leppert, air gunner, †
Stanisław Miszturak, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German night fighter.
Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Polderwijk: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 17, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
BF353
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2025LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances few km northwest of Polderwijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O L. W. O'Hara, pilot,
Sgt L. Cowen, flight engineer,
Sgt R. J. Mumford, observer,
Sgt T. C. F. Orr, bomb aimer,
Sgt R. E. Evans, wireless operator,
F/Sgt W. E. Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt K. Forster, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O L. W. O'Hara, pilot,
Sgt L. Cowen, flight engineer,
Sgt R. J. Mumford, observer,
Sgt T. C. F. Orr, bomb aimer,
Sgt R. E. Evans, wireless operator,
F/Sgt W. E. Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt K. Forster, air gunner.
Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Zwarte Meer: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 3, 1942 at 0140 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P5332
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington 2305LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Zwarte Meer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Garnett Wilde, pilot,
Sgt Alan Denis Bond, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Gibbs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Crothers, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Garnett Wilde, pilot,
Sgt Alan Denis Bond, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Gibbs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Crothers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I Off Emmeloord: 7 killed
Date & Time:
May 31, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
L7429
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2300LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While flying over the Netherlands at night, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the IJsselmeer, off Emmeloord. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (49th Squadron):
P/O John Philip Carter, pilot,
F/Sgt David Block, pilot,
Sgt George Charles Haynes, radio navigator,
Sgt John Cook Ramsey, air gunner,
Sgt Lawrence John Yeates, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Gregory Welch, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Samuel Ash, air gunner.
Crew (49th Squadron):
P/O John Philip Carter, pilot,
F/Sgt David Block, pilot,
Sgt George Charles Haynes, radio navigator,
Sgt John Cook Ramsey, air gunner,
Sgt Lawrence John Yeates, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arnold Gregory Welch, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Samuel Ash, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Marknesse: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 12, 1941 at 2148 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R1757
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1900LT on an operation to Nurnberg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in Marknesse. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur William Jeffries, pilot, †
P/O Hilyard Lowell Myers, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke, observer, †
Sgt William Christopher Wood, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Harold Stanley Byers, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard Rickard.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur William Jeffries, pilot, †
P/O Hilyard Lowell Myers, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke, observer, †
Sgt William Christopher Wood, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Harold Stanley Byers, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard Rickard.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
