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North Brabant

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

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ603
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2239LT on August 11 on an operation to Mainz. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lierop, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Charles Frederick Taylor, pilot,
Sgt William Richard Morris, observer,
F/Sgt Robert William Moss, observer,
Sgt Donald Emslie Murray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Alister Pearl, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1942 at 0352 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7709
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2350LT on August 9 on an operation to Osnabrück. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Anthonis. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt David John Bain, pilot,
Sgt Walter Alexander Hill, flight engineer,
P/O Thomas McWhirter Calderwood, observer,
P/O Robert Hilary Vaughan, observer,
F/Sgt Francis Earl Gibbons, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Gwynner Morgan, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Patrick Gover, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Rosmalen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1942 at 0255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8585
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0043LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rosmalen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gilbert Carrington Keats, pilot,
P/O Harold Shaw, observer,
Sgt Peter MacDougall Spence, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Bernard John Miller, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1942 at 0226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5761
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2258LT on August 5 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Megen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Bell-Berry, pilot,
F/Lt Gerald Antony Ings, pilot,
W/O William James Aubrey Shapter, observer,
Sgt Jack Culley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Charles Everitt, wireless operator,
Sgt John William Edward Holland, air gunner,
Sgt Dennis Rodney Manser, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sint-Oedenrode: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1942 at 0118 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R9495
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2201LT on August 5 on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, at an altitude of 4,300 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint-Oedenrode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Seymour Tadman, pilot,
Sgt James Colville, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Arthur Frost, observer,
Sgt Noel Clive Hain, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Gordon McKinnon, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Stanley Charles Ellis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Stanley Raymond Lupton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217J at Gilze-Rijen AFB

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1942 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R4+-S
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
1287
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While returning to base following an operation, it crashed upon landing at Gilze-Rijen AFB, apparently following a pilot error. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Ernst Potthast +2.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Oisterwijk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0310 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N9062
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cottesmore - Cottesmore
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore 2353LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Oisterwijk. The observer was killed while three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Felton Collins, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Lobb, observer, †
Sgt Milton Stanley Whiting, wireless operator,
Sgt George Gray Russell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Loon op Zand: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV439
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2341LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was damaged by the German Flak and later shot down by a German fighter. It crashed near Loon op Zand and was destroyed. An air gunner was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Patrick Pallis Lome Elphinstone Welch, pilot,
P/O John Hamilton, observer,
Sgt Saunders Valensky, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis James Veasey, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Francis Penney, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF852
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2355LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elsendorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Eugene Garland Robertson, pilot,
F/Sgt Lloyd Gordon Harvie, observer,
Sgt Dennis Haig Kurtz, observer,
Sgt Horatio Leslie Cox, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Elden Francis Hueston, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in 's-Hertogenbosch: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W1147
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0003LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 's-Hertogenbosch. Six crew members were killed and the flight engineer evaded.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Maple, pilot, †
Sgt John Thomas Bennett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Clarence Ernest Evans, observer, †
P/O John Francis Day, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Douglas MacCrea Ross, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Arthur Allsopp, air gunner, †
P/O Haddo Eric Von Bruce, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.