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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4180
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Ramelsloh
Lower Saxony
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 Waddington at 1805LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ramelsloh, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Easom, pilot,
Sgt Victor Herbert Cusden, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leslie Henry Fox, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Obbard, navigator,
Sgt Oswald Reynolds Shepperson, air gunner,
Sgt Rufus Isaacs Gruber, air gunner,
Sgt Vallantine Jack Lee, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2037 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4307
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Hipstedt
Lower Saxony
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 Scampton at 1759LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hipstedt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Bruce Allan Boyd, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Emlyn Edwards, navigator,
F/Sgt Wilfrid Alderic Senez, bomb aimer,
Sgt Fred Dyson, wireless operator,
Sgt Michael Anthony Harran, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Wilson, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Victor Woolgar, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster in Spieka-Neufeld: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2025 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4165
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Spieka-Neufeld
Lower Saxony
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 Scampton at 1758LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed in Spieka-Neufeld. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Noel Graydon Carter, pilot,
Sgt Albert Elvin Mackrill, flight engineer
Sgt George Walter James Everett, navigator,
Sgt Alan Frederick Badcock, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Gardiner, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Cornelius Hockley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1942 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
DF664
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Location:
Oxstedt
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1828LT on an operation to Kiel. Passing the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oxstedt, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Arthur Wakeman, pilot,
Sgt Rex Victor Hall, navigator,
F/O Clarence Edgar Bell, observer,
F/Sgt Everett Stevenson Green, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fletcher Streeting, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1942 at 2322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK313
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Osnabrück
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1901LT on an operation to Osnabrück. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O L. I. Smith, pilot,
P/O R. L. Albery,
Sgt R. C. Loombe,
P/O D. W. Lennard,
Sgt J. Hockenhull.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1942 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4188
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Osnabrück
Lower Saxony
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 Waddington on an operation to Osnabrück. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Ian Adam Stewart, pilot,
Sgt Charles Duncan Shepherd, flight engineer,
F/O Patrick Hugh Ryan, observer,
F/Sgt Claude Henry Rufus Leyshon, wireless operator,
P/O Charles Hanbury Williams, wireless operator,
P/O John Edward Corrie, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leonard Harry Mutter, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Klosterholte: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Klosterholte
Lower Saxony
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 Osnabrück and later crashed in unknown circumstances in Klosterholte. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew.
P/O V. G. Miers,
Sgt G. H. Craig,
F/Lt H. L. Fenn,
Sgt Eric H. Hucklesby,
P/O D. L. Cowling,
Sgt J. Burke, †
Sgt Roy Baird Gadson. †

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

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1942 at 0355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9187
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Norderney
Lower Saxony
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 Downham Market at 2325LT on September 23 on an operation to Vegesack. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km north of Norderney. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Cuthbert Raymond, pilot,
Sgt Henry Norman Pleass, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Frank Weller Gales, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Anthony Kelly, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Kenneth Rutherford, wireless operator,
F/O Robert Butler, air gunner,
F/O Arthur James Calvert, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Lemwerder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0434 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
BD275
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
2582
YOM:
1942
Location:
Lemwerder
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2348LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. The following morning, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Lemwerder. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. R. Eminson,
Sgt D. Gosden, †
Sgt S. Jolly,
Sgt C. B. P. Nind,
Sgt J. Tweddle.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Nordermoor

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0416 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9744
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Flight number:
3Z0S
Location:
Nordermoor
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Steeple Morden 0002LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and abandoned by the crew at an altitude of 5,000 feet. The airplane crashed in Nordermoor and was destroyed. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L R. A. Nicholson,
P/O G. T. Hunt,
Sgt O. M. Jameson,
F/Sgt R. O. Riddle,
F/Sgt M. W. E. Wild.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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