Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I off Buxtehude: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9530
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Buxtehude
Lower Saxony
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 Middleton St George at 2135LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buxtehude. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Thompson Niven, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Woods, air gunner, †
F/Lt Christopher Chevalier Cheshire,
Sgt Edward Charles Gurmin,
Sgt Paul Henry Theodore Horrox,
Sgt G. J. Smalley,
Sgt Reginald Charles Wash.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Buxtehude: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1941 at 0232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9492
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Buxtehude
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2309LT on June 23 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Eilendorf, one km south of Buxtehude. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Walter Kell Stobbs, pilot, †
Sgt Jack Leonard Cullum, observer, †
Sgt Alan Turner, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Simpson Adair, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George Henry Barnard, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Stuart Lipton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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