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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Regnièssart: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1943 at 0223 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Regnièssart
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2132LT on April 14 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Regnièssart. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Gordon McCaskill, pilot,
Sgt Angus McVicar, flight engineer,
P/O James Kennedy Grainger, navigator,
Sgt Bertram Elwell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Thomas Charles Green, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Desmond Cook, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Alexander Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1942 at 2143 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9259
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Sauvenière
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1741LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sauvenière. Six crew members were killed and one evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Hugh Arnott, pilot, †
P/O Roland Leslie Boyes, navigator, †
Sgt Ernest Albert Brookes, †
F/O Herbert Frederick Perrot, observer, †
F/Sgt Alan John Wilson, wireless operator, †
Sgt John William Simmons, air gunner, †
Sgt W. McLean.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942 at 0034 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9164
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Tongrinne
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2047LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tongrinne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Maurice J. Kynaston, pilot,
Sgt Eric D. Booty, flight engineer,
Sgt W. Walker, observer,
Sgt John A. Waterman, observer,
Sgt John Collumbell, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred C. Rault, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald A. Russell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Sart-Saint-Laurent: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3745
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Sart-Saint-Laurent
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2040LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area near Sart-Saint-Laurent. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Glaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Isaac Sofaer, navigator,
Sgt William Moylan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Raymond Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Albert George Tillett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sclayn: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1942 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7782
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Sclayn
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1935LT on an operation to Frankfurt. In the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sclayn. Three crew members were killed, two became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Philip Hampden Tippetts-Aylmer, pilot, †
P/O Edgar William Thomas Gibbs, air gunner, †
F/Sgt George Reginald Yeates, air gunner, †
W/O Thomas Speers Brandon,
Sgt Eric Theodore Hazell Hodge,
Sgt R. Brown,
Sgt J. A. Winterbottom.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942 at 0208 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3711
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Warnant
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2253LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Warnant, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Archibald Philip Walsh, pilot,
F/O Harry William Thompson, observer,
F/Sgt Frederick William Cassidy, wireless operator,
P/O John Handel Freestone, wireless operator,
P/O Gerald Charles Hart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Lesve: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942 at 0147 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT487
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Lesve
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2228LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lesve, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Lawrence David Hillier, pilot,
F/Sgt George William Roberts, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard Arthur McGrath, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Douglas Muir, flight engineer,
P/O Kenneth Ederic Michael Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Colin Ewing, wireless operator,
Sgt Edwin Charles Alfred Coules, air gunner,
Sgt Edward John Cutting, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Doische: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 2336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
DF665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Doische
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe on an operation to Saarbrücken. Shortly before midnight, while passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Doische. Four crew members were killed and a fifth evaded.
Crew:
F/Sgt Peter Karil Zaparynuk, pilot, †
Sgt William Holt Ledford, observer,
F/Sgt Andrew Holmes, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Jon (John) Robert Morrow, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Archie Ernest Caton, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hastière: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 2304 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
B2204
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Hastière
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2004LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. While flying at an altitude of 12,000 feet over Ostend, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hastière. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Albert Bingham, observer, †
Sgt John Patch, air gunner, †
W/O Robert Lloyd Telfer, pilot, †
Sgt Squire Arbuthnott Webster, air gunner, †
F/Lt Robert Lewis Andre,
Sgt Norman Thomas Lewthwaite,
Sgt Herbert O'Neill.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Berzée: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7616
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Berzée
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2042LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berzée. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Antoine, observer, †
Sgt Charles George Edwin Dearlove, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Osborne Graham, air gunner, †
W/O William Nelson Shumsky, pilot, †
Sgt James Sydney Spark, air gunner, †
Sgt Patrick Denis Kinsella,
F/Sgt E. A. Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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