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Lower Saxony

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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0156 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7909
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Bardel
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 Melbourne at 2321LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bardel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Matthew Inness, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Sharp, flight engineer,
Sgt James Ernest Senger, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Avon Jenkins, navigator,
Sgt Frederick Charles Walter Michell, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald George Lepetit, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Lünne: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE634
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Location:
Lünne
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 Ingham at 2300LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Münster, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lünne, 17 km north of Rheine. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Roland Smith Waller, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Reginald Pym, navigator,
F/Sgt Harold Coupe, bomb aimer,
Sgt Davis William Glover, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Taylor Anthony Hudson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Twist: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0344 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4944
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Twist
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2139LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Twist, at the Dutch / German border. Six crew members were killed while the navigator became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Myron Edward Barker, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Ernest Lee, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Drake Robertson, navigator,
Sgt Warren Morgan Ewing, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Leslie Joseph Beech, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Butterfield, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Allan Davis Monoghan, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Kemphausen: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED543
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Kemphausen
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 Bottesford at 2137LT on May 13 on an operation to Plzeň. Homebound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kemphausen, 30 km north northeast of Oberhausen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kevin Eugene Mahoney, pilot,
Sgt Bernard George Hickling, flight engineer,
F/O Edwin Francis Hamilton Heard, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Brian Squires, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Glover Berry, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry William Cox, air gunner,
F/Sgt Byron Leo Haley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Messingen: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 2357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED693
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Messingen
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 Skellingthorpe at 2159LT on an operation to Plzeň. Just before midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Messingen, 12 km southeast of Lingen. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Goode Pickens, pilot,
Sgt C. Taylor, flight engineer,
P/O Michael Hall, navigator,
Sgt John Gordon Hanby, bomb aimer,
F/O Thomas Royds, wireless operator,
Sgt William Augustus Roberts, air gunner, †
W/O William Bruce Nichol, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Nordhorn: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED390
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Nordhorn
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 2135LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nordhorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Victor Douglas Farmer, pilot,
Sgt Albert Maldwyn James, flight engineer,
P/O Thomas Armstrong, navigator,
Sgt Lawrence Anthony Wykeham Sanders, navigator,
F/Sgt John Thomas Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Henry Leaney, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Long, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Quendorf: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB904
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gransden Lodge - Gransden Lodge
Location:
Quendorf
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 Gransden Lodge at 2150LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Quendorf, 15 km southeast of Nordhorn. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Watt Lennox, pilot, †
Sgt Ambrose Arthur Albert Adlam, flight engineer,
Sgt Austin Townsend Knight, navigator,
F/O Joseph James Barnet Graham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Francis Vivian Roberts, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Laurent Prieur, air gunner,
Sgt Bernard Moody, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR733
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Huden
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 Snaith at 0008LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Huden. killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Raymond Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Joseph William Peacock, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard Allen, navigator,
Sgt Horace Alfred Briggs, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Henry Longley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Hugh Phair Spencer, air gunner,
W/O William Robert Hewitt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Wangerooge Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE728
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Location:
Wangerooge Island
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 Dalton at 2057LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation in the Rosemary region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wangerooge Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Kenneth Edward Radcliff, pilot,
F/Sgt William Mackenzie Manson, navigator,
F/Sgt James Victor Agate,
Sgt Ian Peter Douglas Rushton,
F/Sgt Henry Vaynor Smith-Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE543
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Location:
Wilhelmshaven
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 Dalton at 2059LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation in the Rosemary region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Wilhelmshaven, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Albert Parkinson, pilot,
Sgt William Collier, flight engineer,
F/O Geoffrey Meakins, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Peter Garnett, wireless operator,
P/O Cyril Rene Balcer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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