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Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Wanroij: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943 at 2315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
MS484
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Wanroij
North Brabant
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 Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wantoij. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Bruce Angus Grant, pilot, †
F/Sgt Percival Edward Barron, navigator, †
F/Sgt Sidney Victor Bradshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Dyson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Alfred George Skiggs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Saint-Nazaire: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1943 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB283
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Saint-Nazaire
Loire-Atlantique
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1940LT on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Francis Beckett, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles St. Clair Foster, flight engineer,
Sgt Dennis Ansley, navigator,
Sgt William James Stonard Boyd, navigator,
F/Sgt Roderic Murray McLeod, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph John Goldspink, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gerald McGrath, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Escheburg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943 at 2350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT634
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Escheburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2002LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Hamburg, it was damaged by the German Flak and was later shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Escheburg, some 23 km east southeast of Hamburg. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Charles Edward Porter, pilot, †
Sgt Murray Winston Bishop, flight engineer,
Sgt Alan Thomas Budinger, navigator,
F/O George Joseph Sweanor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Gerald Lanteigne, wireless operator,
Sgt Daniel London, air gunner,
F/Sgt Albert Henry Taylor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Norderney: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1943 at 0351 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK296
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Norderney
Lower Saxony
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 Middleton Saint George at 0003LT to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 8 km north of Norderney Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Harrison Tidy, pilot,
P/O John Donald MacFarlane, navigator,
Sgt George Robert Douglas Hall, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Alexander Corbett, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Reddy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oostvoorne: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE690
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Oostvoorne
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oostvoorne. The wireless operator was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Henry Cooke, pilot,
Sgt John Morris, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Guy Mercer, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Robertson Dawson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Steele McKinnon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Dortmund: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 6, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE280
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Dortmund
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 Middleton Saint George on an operation to Essen. It crashed for unknown reasons in Dortmund, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Robert Graham, pilot,
F/O Donald Edward Bennett, observer,
F/O James Kenneth MacDonald, observer,
P/O William George Lee, navigator,
F/Sgt Harry Taylor Anderson Lawson, wireless operator,
W/O Donald George Culver, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Elst: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943 at 2137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT646
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Elst
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1857LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elst, some 8 km southwest of Arnhem. A crew was killed, one evaded and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Bakewell, pilot,
Sgt Alvin Clinton Turner, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Donald Dennis Scowen, navigator,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Marvel, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Arthur Bennett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William James Clark, air gunner,
F/Sgt James Robert Couper, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1943 at 2139 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT641
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
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 Middleton St George at 1850LT on an operation to Berlin. While cruising along the Frisian Islands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur James Herriott, pilot,
Sgt Arthur David Cherkinsky, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Wilfred George Francis, navigator,
F/Sgt Albert Leroy Bateman, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Nicol Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kowalski, air gunner,
F/Sgt Alexander Trevor Woodhouse, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II into the North Sea

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT615
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1825LT to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It was shot down by the German Flak and later ditched into the North Sea. All seven crew members were rescued 22 hours later by the Navy.
Crew:
Sgt M. F. Gray, pilot,
Sgt C. F. Wilby,
F/Sgt C. O. Hancock,
F/O W. J. McNicol,
Sgt G. H. Low,
Sgt M. S. Braniff,
P/O R. Harling, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Schaephuysen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK468
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Schaephuysen
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 Middleton St George at 1841LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching Düsseldorf from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Schaephuysen, 19 km west of Duisburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Harry Alwin Hansen, pilot,
F/Sgt Roydon Martin Jupe, navigator,
F/Sgt Burnet Monteith Chamney, bomb aimer,
W/O Philip Hubert Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lorne Edward Kellaway, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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