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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Ouddorp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0326 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Ouddorp
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
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 2339LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km west of Ouddorp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis William Sigournay, pilot,
Sgt Edward Kent, flight engineer,
F/O Frank Rees Haines, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Wood, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest William Victor Pierce, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney Bonner, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Vernon Boyd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Ridderkerk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED362
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Ridderkerk
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2358LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ridderkerk. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Philip Jocelyn Pascoe, pilot, †
Sgt Frank Wheeldon, flight engineer, †
Sgt Horace Henry Gentle, observer, †
P/O Christopher Barton Wood, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Joseph Reffin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Gray Storr, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Douglas Webster Moulton, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Aphen aan den Rijn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0217 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE412
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Alphen aan den Rijn
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2341LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Alphen aan den Rijn. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Noel Bentley Smythe, pilot, †
P/O George William Pollard, navigator, †
P/O Edward Horace Sandell, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Herbert William Peach, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Alfred Barlow, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off The Hague: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ518
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Skipton-on-Swale - Skipton-on-Swale
Location:
The Hague
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 2305LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 10 km west of The Hague. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Joseph Jacques Charles Mercier, pilot,
F/O Joseph Rene Guy Gingras, navigator,
F/Sgt Mansell Ramsay Deverell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Martin Patrick Tobin, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Maurice Conrad Lagace, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Katwijk aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0309 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EE883
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Location:
Katwijk aan Zee
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2330LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 20 km west of Katwijk aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Kenneth Miller, pilot,
Sgt Peter David Straton, navigator,
Sgt John Alfred Hitchins, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Graham Akers, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Albert Hurworth Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Solomon Seward, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Katwijk aan Zee: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF392
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Katwijk aan Zee
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2328LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 80 km west of Katwijk aan Zee. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Ronald Savage, pilot,
P/O Frederick John Haines, copilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hippesley Cox, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Sidney James Barnes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Errington, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Ashton Caley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Robert Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Derek Richard Spanton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Rozenburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0101 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK135
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Rozenburg
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2256LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Acht, in the north suburb of Eindhoven. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Lou Warren Somers, pilot, †
Sgt William George Arthur, flight engineer, †
F/O Max Shvemar, navigator, †
P/O Vernon Moore White, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lawrence Arthur Bone, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jonathan Harvey Walton, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick Charles Ashby, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Katwijk aan Zee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1943 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ413
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Katwijk aan Zee
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2320LT on June 23 for special duties off the coast of Holland. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 30 km west of Katwijk aan Zee. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Victor Eastham, pilot,
P/O William James Herrington, navigator,
F/O Geoffrey Sansom, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Moore, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard William Smith, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Livesey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off The Hague: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF572
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
The Hague
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0009LT on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 25 km west of The Hague. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Brooks Hamilton Smith, pilot, †
Sgt Gilbert Ernest Rose, flight engineer, †
Sgt Reginald Harrison Cramm, navigator, †
Sgt Wyndham Henry Davies, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Cederic Roland Minns, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Labiuk, air gunner, †
F/Sgt P. W. Farr, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-VE Flying Fortress near Arkel

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 1022 LT
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-5877
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snetterton Heath - Snetterton Heath
MSN:
17-6173
YOM:
1943
Location:
Arkel
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snetterton Heath on an operation to the Chemische Werke synthetic rubber plant located in Hüls. While returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Arkel. All 10 crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
2nd Lt H. G. Russell, pilot,
F/O P. L. Rae, copilot,
T/Sgt E. B. Galli, flight engineer,
T/Sgt R. I. Clark, radio operator,
2nd Lt L. B. Chadwick, navigator,
2nd Lt S. J. Loveless, bombardier,
S/Sgt A. J. Lobato, air gunner,
S/Sgt J. T. McNew, air gunner,
S/Sgt E. J. Kelso, air gunner,
S/Sgt S. Sacco, tail gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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