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Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Vlieland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ775
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Vlieland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base and flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 30 km northwest of Vlieland Island. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Taylor, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Wesley Lloot, observer, †
P/O Gordon Arthur Kidder,
W/O Edward Earl MacDonald,
F/Sgt Donald Willard Congdon, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Schiermonnikoog Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1942 at 2318 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7870
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Schiermonnikoog Island
Friesland
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 Melbourne at 1834LT on an operation to Kiel. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 15 km north of the Schiermonnikoog Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John David Lindsay, pilot,
F/O Raymond Sydney Braley,
F/Sgt Francis Xavier Joseph Dunajski,
Sgt Alfred Charles Girdlestone,
Sgt Robert Gregg,
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Hogan,
Sgt Alan George Langton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Ameland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1942 at 2324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1189
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
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 Elsham Wolds at 1912LT on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Porter, pilot,
Sgt P. B. J. Butcher, flight engineer,
P/O R. Whitelock, navigator,
P/O A. G. Richards, bomb aimer,
F/O B. C. H. King, bomb aimer,
Sgt R. Carson, air gunner,
F/Sgt B. J. Hardesty, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1942 at 0503 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9447
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 0025LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Terschelling, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Pattisson, pilot,
Sgt John Hornsby Hadwen, flight engineer,
P/O Albert Gaston Thomas Bradley, navigator,
Sgt Alfred Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Whiteley Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Andreae Kelly, air gunner,
Sgt Colin Alfred Nnewman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Lemmer: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1942 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7569
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Lemmer
Friesland
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 Oakington at 2005LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Lemmer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ben Dallenger, pilot,
P/O Robert Edward Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Peter Sandison, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Donald Trevor Lamb, observer,
Sgt William James Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Hugh Crabtree, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Oldfield Goddard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Terschelling: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0502 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
HE116
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Edgehill - Edgehill
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Edgehill at 2340LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, cruising at an altitude of 3,000 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 km northwest of Terschelling. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Michael Holub, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Leslie Hancock, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Carl Pedersen, observer,
Sgt Stanley Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Stewart Crichton Plowright, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Francis Stay, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Ter Idzard

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Location:
Ter Idzard
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2354LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ter Idzard. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Caldwell, pilot,
Sgt Robert Henry Dawson Bren, flight engineer,
Sgt Clarence Albert Hunt, navigator,
Sgt John Joseph Reid, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald James Cantillon, wireless operator,
Sgt David Fozzard Readman, air gunner,
Sgt Leroy John Soper, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0221 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4108
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Location:
Oudehorne
Friesland
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 Wigsley at 2330LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudehorne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Edwin Frederick Dowdell, pilot,
Sgt George Alec Walker, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Aylmer Vivian, navigator,
F/Sgt John Joseph William Adams, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Robert Robertson, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Kenneth Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Laurence Moss, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ769
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
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 Stradishall on an operation to Duisburg. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Williams, pilot,
F/Sgt John Buchanan Lawrence,
F/Sgt Frederick Erwin Edgar Lyons,
F/Sgt Sydney McMenomy,
P/O Clarence William Reaume.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Jelsum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942 at 0339 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1220
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Jelsum
Friesland
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 Elsham Wolds at 0001LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Jelsum, in the vicinity of Leeuwarden Airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ernest Lewis Davies, pilot,
Sgt John James Parish, flight engineer,
F/O Sydney Frank Belbin, navigator,
F/Sgt Alec Henry Beesley, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Douglas Whitehead, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sidney Mervyn Selway, air gunner,
Sgt James Grant Crockett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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