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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Novrup: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1942 at 2044 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4782
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Novrup
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on a mine laying operation in the Great Belt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in an open field located in Novrup, east of Esbjerg. Three crew members were killed and four became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Francis Paul Quinn, pilot, †
F/Sgt Ernest Caldwell McLean, observer, †
Sgt Douglas Arthur Milligan, †
Sgt Walter Enoch Currier,
Sgt Robert Frank Johncock,
Sgt Donald Fraser MacDonald,
Sgt Robert Oliver Stanley Lucas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Vejle: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1942 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1343
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Location:
Vejle
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1854LT to lay mines in the Carrots area off Denmark's east coast. It crash in unknown circumstances into the Vejle fjord. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ludomir Kazimierz Borowicz, †
Sgt Z. Rausinski, †
Sgt Stefan Tadeusz Chmielewski,
W/O Mieczysław Zdzisław Dadej,
Sgt J. Cieszynski-Nalecz, air gunner. †

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Lintrup

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1942 at 2225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ653
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Lintrup
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1836LT on an operation to Kiel. Over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lintrup. All five crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
W/O John Cuthbert Heddon, pilot,
Sgt Alex Munro Paton,
Sgt Leofric Harry Hardy Stift,
Sgt Ralph Sterling Taylor,
Sgt Roy Webster.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling i off Rudkøbing: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1942 at 2347 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9190
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Rudkøbing
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1820LT to lay mines in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Poland. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rudkøbing. A crew was killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank William Nesbitt Hill, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Curle, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Hubert Frederick Harold Frost,
Sgt John Thomas Harkin,
Sgt J. Gardner,
F/Sgt Kenneth Leslie Richards,
Sgt J. P. J. White, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Langli Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1942 at 2329 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK341
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Langli Island
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening to lay mines in the Kattegat. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Langli Island, northwest of Esbjerg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles John Shalfoon, pilot,
Sgt Harold Wolfenden, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Posner, observer,
Sgt Algernon Parsons, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Harold Scott, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Skovby: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1942 at 2315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
R1585
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Skovby
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1837LT on a mine laying operation over the Baltic Sea. Passing over Denmark at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Hyttekobbel Forest located near Skovby. The pilot was killed and four other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Marian Blachowski, pilot, †
F/O J. Stachurski,
Sgt T. M. Kowalski,
Sgt Z. Turuta,
Sgt K. Molewicz.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Rømø Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942 at 0104 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7613
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Rømø Island
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1948LT on an operation to Lübeck. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Juvre Dyb off the Rømø Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Johannes C. F. Du Toit, pilot,
W/Cdr Montagu F. B. Read, pilot,
Sgt John W. Dawson, flight engineer,
F/O John R. Drake, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth J. Cooper, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Speed, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan I. Parkinson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Joseph D. R. Menard, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2208 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT520
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Nordenbro Vesteregn
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1800LT on an operation to Flensburg. Passing over south Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Nordenbro Vesteregn. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Campbell, pilot,
Sgt George William Spowart, flight engineer,
Sgt Leslie Smythson, observer,
Sgt Henry Edward Sullivan, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Francis Gourlay, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Arthur Ivers, air gunner,
Sgt Herbert Sydney Moore, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942 at 2119 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4187
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Skallingen
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Country:
Denmark
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 at 1800LT on an operation to Wismar. Over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Skallingen, off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O James Douglas Vernon Stewart Stephens, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edwin Dowden, flight engineer,
F/O John Edmond Tate, observer,
F/Sgt Paul Hereford, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Gerard Nugent, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Emslie Wallace Williamson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Herbert Reginald Rowe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Rømø Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1942 at 0434 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT508
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Rømø Island
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Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0029LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Owen Barnard, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Douglass, flight engineer,
P/O Stephen Eric Groves, navigator, †
P/O Gerald Thomas Lester, bomb aimer,
Sgt Denholm Mitchell Elliott, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Gadd, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Jack Hill, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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