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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Eckernförde: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2256 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7852
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Eckernförde
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1804LT on an operation to Flensburg. Passing the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Eckernförde. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Hope Moller, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Brett, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Thomas McLennon Miller Hunter, observer, †
F/Sgt Cyril Haig MacPherson, observer, †
F/Sgt Clarence Eugene Pickard, wireless operator, †
Sgt Angus Grant McArthur, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin Louis Hughes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7710
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Niehuus
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 Topcliffe at 1753LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Niehuus, some 6 km northwest of Flensburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Edward Carl Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Ben Bales Copeland, flight engineer,
P/O John Colwell Kitchen, observer,
F/Sgt Aaron Joseph Ronnie Vineberg, observer,
F/Sgt Albert Martin Carter, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Monson Green, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Granger McCron, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB236
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1759LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the district of Friedenshügel. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt G. E. Farr, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Henry Tytherleigh, flight engineer, †
F/O John Hammond Carrick, navigator, †
F/O Gordon Menhennick Gillies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Norman Rex Jones, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. E. Swift, air gunner,
Sgt J. Cunningham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2229 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7780
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Flensburg
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 Topcliffe at 1757LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O J. T. Campbell, pilot,
Sgt C. A. Carpenter,
Sgt A. D. Chance,
F/O R. J. Ayles,
P/O J. R. P. Burke,
Sgt S. Peel,
P/O J. L. P. Le Page.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7667
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Oeversee
Schleswig-Holstein
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 Melbourne at 1802LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oeversee, about 10 km south of Flensburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt K. Hayes, pilot,
F/Sgt F. W. Mathews,
Sgt L. Copland,
Sgt A. Norregaard, †
Sgt R. S. Pettican, †
F/Sgt J. R. Robinson,
Sgt R. Steel.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2218 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7802
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
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 1751LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bohlberg, a city district. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O W. H. Duncan, pilot,
P/O J. W. McCann, flight engineer,
Sgt J. J. Pocock, navigator,
Sgt A. Fairless, bomb aimer,
Sgt P. Kucheryk, wireless operator,
P/O A. A. Lang, wireless operator,
Sgt L. R. Sheward, air gunner,
P/O F. L. Cunningham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1036
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Sehestedt
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1758LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over Germany, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sehestedt, about 20 km west northwest of Kiel. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Kenneth Gregory, pilot, †
Sgt J. H. Hunt, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert William Johnson, observer, †
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Turpin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sidney Solomon Waldman, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Markillie, air gunner,
Sgt Gerald Edwin Morrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7634
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
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:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1915LT on an operation to Lübeck. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the experimental station of Peenemünde. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O J. L. Meredith, pilot,
Sgt James Buchanan,
P/O J. H. Vincent,
Sgt R. Booth,
Sgt H. E. Webber,
Sgt Albert Henry Hansford,
Sgt G. Stark.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7812
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Flensburg
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 1810LT on an operation to Flensburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the St Pauli district of the city. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Merle William Atkinson, pilot,
Sgt H. S. Greenwood,
Sgt E. Topping,
Sgt T. W. Peacock,
Sgt P. D. Skerman,
Sgt Jacobus Petrus van Lelyveld,
Sgt L. H. Levis.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1066
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Flensburg
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 Pocklington at 1759LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Percy Charles Cato, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Sydney James, flight engineer,
Sgt George Andrew McIntyre, observer,
Sgt Frank Tooth, observer,
Sgt Frederick James Robinson, wireless operator,
F/O Aubrey Lawrence MacGillivray, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Milbank, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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