Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE169
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The bomber left RAF Grimsby at 2244LT on a bombing mission to Hamburg. While approaching the Dutch coast, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea some 10 km off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (100th Squadron):
F/Sgt J. Lynch 6.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in North Thoresby: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0022 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1410
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
North Thoresby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2302LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. While returning to base with failing engines, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in North Thoresby. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Donald Patrick McDonald, pilot, †
W/O Robert Leith Cox, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Sleeman, observer, †
Sgt Austin Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Thomas Stanley, air gunner, †
Sgt C. M. Harrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1209
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2302LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea off the Belgian coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O George Henry Chaffey, pilot,
F/Sgt James William Smyth, observer,
Sgt George Samuel Watson, bomb aimer,
P/O Joseph Morgan McAleavey, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian Currie MacKeand, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Neuss: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1208
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia
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 Grimsby at 2306LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While flying west of D!sseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Alexander Lowden, pilot,
P/O Walter Ewart Gregory, observer,
Sgt Frederick William Thornton, wireless operator,
F/Lt Peter Thorne Chandler, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawrence William Mallon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV at RAF Grimsby

Date & Time: May 16, 1942 at 1545 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1286
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Grimsby. Following a flapless approach, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran the runway and crashed into a hedge. All five crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Sgt W. Harper,
Sgt N. J. Warfield,
P/O E. J. R. Yates,
Sgt W. Gilroy,
Sgt J. Howarth.
Probable cause:
Crew error.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Hürth: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Hürth
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 0014LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the center of Hürth, in the southwest suburb of Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Henry Mays, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Ernest Taylor, pilot,
F/Sgt Victor Reginald Dufton, observer,
Sgt Francis Geoefrey Huntley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Bennett Blatchley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Maxwell Laing, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Mijdrecht

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 0430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1203
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Mijdrecht
Utrecht
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2128LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. It was hit by the German Flak and while returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel, probably due to a holed fuel tank. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Mijdrecht.
Crew:
P/O J. H. Hall, pilot,
F/Sgt L. H. Houghton, pilot,
F/Sgt J. E. Harritt, navigator,
F/Sgt A. R. Tidder, wireless operator,
Sgt G. P. Wadsworth, wireless operator,
Sgt E. J. Pettitt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Lübeck: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1274
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Lübeck
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2139LT on March 28 on an operation to Lübeck. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on the Cambrai Kaserne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Thomas Leather, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Clarence Picher, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Patrick Murray, observer,
Sgt Hugh James McHutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Horace James Whale, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth William Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Vlaardingen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 0005 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1321
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Vlaardingen
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 Grimsby at 2026LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Vlaardingen, west of Rotterdam. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David John White, pilot,
F/Sgt William Melville Pipher, pilot,
F/Sgt Andrew Lennox, navigator,
Sgt Eric Charles Groves, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Jelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Harry Joseph Barrie, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Dinslaken: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1283
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Dinslaken
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1950LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dinslaken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Harold Selby, pilot,
P/O John Nigel Tillard, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Victor Ward, observer,
Sgt Brian Henry Forster, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Barry Martin Smyth Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Leslie Price, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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