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The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1911LT on an operation to Aachen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Brunssum, near the Dutch/German border, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Neville J. Briant, pilot,
Sgt Albert E. Musgrave, flight engineer,
F/O Leslie C. Dorward, navigator,
Sgt John R. Dawson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth O. MacKay, wireless operator,
Sgt Augustus H. J. G. Desmond, air gunner,
F/O Kenneth H. Harrison, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Maastricht: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1942 at 2238 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 417 Wellington III

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BJ729

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Flight

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Bombing

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The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1821LT on an operation to Aachen. Over Maastricht, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the city. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Thomas E. Powell, pilot,
F/O Francis L. Todd, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph L. O. Grady, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Guy J. H. McElroy, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Howard Broom, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Sevenum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942 at 2132 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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R9167

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1906LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sevenum. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Roy Greenslade, pilot,
Sgt Marchal Kenneth Smith, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Robert Francis McIntyre, observer,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Leslie Moore, wireless operator,
Sgt Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Orange, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Stramproy: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1942 at 0032 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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DV867

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Wing at 2100LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stramproy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Irvine Lewis Downs, pilot,
Sgt James Joseph Kearns, observer,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Kirkpatrick, observer,
Sgt James William Rowling, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Peter Allenby, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Echt: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942 at 2330 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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W7630

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2013LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Echt. Six crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Ronald Barr, pilot, †
P/O Ernest Ronald Maurice Runnacles, observer, †
P/O Irwin Dale Fountain, †
Sgt John Greenwood, †
Sgt Maurice Sidney Pepper, †
Sgt Peter Bertram Penton Price, †
P/O Eric Hubert Cook,
P/O Philip Gustave Freberg.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Tegelen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942 at 0400 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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W1219

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The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 0106LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tegelen. An air gunner was killed, six other crew members became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
S/L Clive King Saxelby, pilot,
Sgt R. Thompson, pilot,
F/Lt Leonard Charles Pipkin, navigator,
Sgt John Lamb, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Plumpton Milligan,
F/Sgt W. J. McLean, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Edward Benstead, air gunner, †
F/O Denis Alban Thomas Churchward, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Echt: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942 at 0147 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Z1466

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Echt, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Edgar Heath, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Berkeley Hill, observer,
Sgt Dennis Alford, observer,
F/Sgt Chipman Cameron Dawson Fraser, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Eric Hagan, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Maasbracht: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942 at 0015 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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L7567

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2111LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. While overflying The Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Maasbracht, some 10 km southwest of Roermond. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O John Allen, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, navigator, †
Sgt George Hector Miller Gordon, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Raren: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942 at 0133 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 417 Wellington III

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BJ767

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Mainz. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Raren. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Laurence St George Dobbin, pilot, †
Sgt Wilson Eli Braddock,
Sgt Albert Elson,
Sgt James McQueen,
Sgt Jack Leslie Jury, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Kessel-Eik: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1942 at 0315 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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N6072

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0110LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kessel-Eik. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William John Laidlaw, pilot,
Sgt Harold Phillip Gardiner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Jack Victor Green, observer,
W/O Allen Leland Bachelder, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Clayton Cavanagh, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leslie William Arthur Barnard, air gunner, †
F/Sgt David Watson Moffett, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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