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Crash of a Douglas C-47B-25-DK Dakota C.4 in Lübeck

Date & Time: May 20, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
KN424
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lübeck - Lübeck
MSN:
16104/32852
YOM:
1945
Location:
Lübeck-Blankensee
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training sortie in Lübeck, towing a glider. While flying around the airport at low height, the left engine failed. The crew immediately dropped the glider and reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located near the airport, slid for several yards and came to rest in flames. Both pilots escaped uninjured while the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine following a jam of the fuel supply system.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota C.4 in Uetersen

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1947
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
KN439
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
16121/32869
YOM:
1945
Location:
Uetersen
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Uetersen in poor weather conditions, the left engine failed. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that stalled and crashed in flames in a field short of runway threshold. All occupants were injured, the copilot more seriously. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine on final approach.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress off Heligoland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-29806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
4920
YOM:
1942
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh in an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Heligoland Island. Five crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Floyd J. Field, pilot, †
2nd Lt Erwin Efird, copilot,
S/Sgt Roy Goodwin, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Robert L. Clausen, navigator, †
Sgt Philip J. Zimmerman, radio operator, †
S/Sgt Harry Young, bombardier,
S/Sgt Morriece G. Moody, air gunner, †
S/Sgt August Retkofsky, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Harry Cromer, air gunner,
S/Sgt Fortunato Gelfo, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-40-BO Flying Fortress off Heligoland Island: 10 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5243
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Molesworth - Molesworth
MSN:
3782
YOM:
1942
Location:
Heligoland Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Ross C. Bales,
1st Lt Rhude Mark Mathis Jr.,
1st Lt Daniel A. McColl,
1st Lt Walter E. Dooley,
S/Sgt Francis W. O'Reilly,
S/Sgt Jack D. Snell,
S/Sgt Edward A. Van Ravenstein,
S/Sgt Joseph G. Zsampar,
T/Sgt Raymond K. Winter Jr.,
T/Sgt Raymond H. Kilgore.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress off Amrun Island: 10 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
41-24481
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
MSN:
3166
YOM:
1942
Location:
Amrun Island
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Amrun Island. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt William H. Broley,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Darmiento,
2nd Lt Albert H. Davies,
2nd Lt Armando H. Ambalagi,
S/Sgt Kenneth T. M. Donovan,
S/Sgt Kenneth S. Greer,
S/Sgt Edward H. Jones,
T/Sgt Edward K. Clyne,
T/Sgt Lowell A. Dawson,
Sgt Edward S. Casparriello.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1943 at 2359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE220
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Leconfield at 2045LT on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eckernförde. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Atkins, pilot,
Sgt Frank Guy,
Sgt William McDonough,
Sgt Reginald Harry Tayler,
Sgt Patrick William John Morrow, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Sylt Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 5, 1943 at 0022 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB336
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Sylt Island
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Leeming at 2113LT on April 4 on an operation to Kiel. Shortly after midnight, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed east of Sylt Island, near the Hindenburgdamm. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Edward Gerard Gilmore, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth William Haynes, flight engineer, †
F/Lt John Baillie Darroch, navigator, †
F/Sgt James William Taylor Maso Smith, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Potter George Oyler, wireless operator, †
P/O Maxwell Palmer Hall, air gunner, †
Sgt Russell Thomas Wiggett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 2350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED696
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Grossenaspe
Schleswig-Holstein
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 in the evening on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grossenaspe, 40 km south southwest of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Harvey Courtney, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Llewelyn Jones, flight engineer,
P/O Ronald Edward Raven, navigator,
F/O Kennedy Emslie Fraser, bomb aimer,
W/O Thomas Wilfred Telfer, wireless operator,
F/O Stuart Melbourne Hobson, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Sharpe Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 2350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT686
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Brokstedt
Schleswig-Holstein
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 1948LT on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Brokstedt, 42 km southwest of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Arnold Emery, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Edwin McDonald, flight engineer,
Sgt James Kevin Barry Veal, navigator,
Sgt William Fleming, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Woosnam, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sidney George Adams, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Hugh Austin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT704
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Klausdorf
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Leeming at 2045LT on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klausdorf, 6 km southeast of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Joseph Foley, pilot,
Sgt Robert Arthur Damms, flight engineer,
Sgt Harry Bertram John Sargent, navigator,
F/O Ralph James Wright, navigator,
W/O William Francis Jordan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Edward Goldney, air gunner,
F/Sgt James Alexander Campbell Taylor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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