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

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5894
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Riseholme
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1906LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, on final approach, it collided with high tension cables and crashed in Riseholme, 5 km south southeast of the airfield, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Fergus Greenan, pilot,
Sgt John Burns Mallett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Frederick Warren Music, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Henry Turkentine, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold William Ricketts, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Cyril Edward Miller, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Hywel Roberts, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Vlieland Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1943 at 2131 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4375
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Vlieland 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 Scampton at 1829LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km northwest of Vlieland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Denis Paul Langley, pilot,
Sgt John Robert Pyper, flight engineer,
Sgt William McCarron, navigator,
W/O Edward Trezise Bunt, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Anthony Waller, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Charles Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Samuel Frederick Watt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4384
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1741LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Trevor Dutton, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Clout,
Sgt Eric William Inwood,
W/O Lloyd Willis Brayford,
F/Sgt Theadore Edgar Casey,
Sgt William Halliday,
Sgt Robert Edward Dignum, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED352
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Savoie
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 Scampton at 1803LT on an operation to Torino. While approaching the Alps at night and in very poor weather conditions, it impacted the Belleface face located in the massif of La Pointe de La Terrasse, 7 km northwest of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the airplane nor the crew was found. The wreckage was located few months later in a mountainous and isolated area.
Crew (57th Squadron):
F/O Alistair Frank Gray Ritch, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Cosford, flight engineer,
Sg Denis George Busby, navigator,
Sgt Eric Atkins, navigator,
Sgt Douglas McNeill, radio operator,
Sgt Eric Norman Perkins, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Shears, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather conditions.

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

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4189
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Lüneburg
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0012LT on an operation to Hamburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Lüneburg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Donald George long, pilot,
F/O Edward William Rosam,
F/O Frederick Charles Reed
Sgt George Edward Marwick,
P/O John Clifford Clarke,
Sgt John Clayton Smithson,
Sgt Eric Louis Moore, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Flensburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED444
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1704LT on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Flensburg. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Sidney Jeffreys, pilot, †
F/O Christopher Anthony Watts, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Sidney Fermor,
F/Sgt Nelson Edward Mortimer,
P/O Daniel Joseph Robertson,
Sgt Hamilton Cowan, air gunner, †
Sgt James Edward Harrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1943 at 2002 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED319
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Haarzuilens
Utrecht
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 Scampton at 1722LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Haarzuilens, near Vleuten. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Stanley Warlow, pilot,
Sgt Vincent John Mervyn Donaldson, flight engineer,
Sgt Alexander Jacobsen, navigator,
Sgt Robert Elwyn Roberts, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Webber, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Albert Gillen, air gunner,
Sgt George Roe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1942 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4234
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Kakebeke
East Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1737LT on an operation to Munich. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kakebeke. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Alfred Bowles, pilot, †
Sgt Cecil Raymond Stubbs, flight engineer, †
F/O Alexander Eric Mulholland, navigator, †
Sgt Maurice Charles Pearman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Arthur Leslie Abraham, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Arthur Drain, air gunner, †
Sgt P. B. Pickford, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near IJmuiden: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942 at 2042 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5762
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
IJmuiden
North 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 Scampton at 1802LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing north of Amsterdam, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed south of IJmuiden, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Irvine Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Morris, flight engineer,
Sgt George Albert Wainwright, observer,
Sgt Arnold Howison, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Arthur Frank Bignell, air gunner,
Sgt Malcolm MacLellan, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney John Wick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF Woodhall Spa: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 10, 1942 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4250
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Woodhall Spa AFB
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1746LT on December 9 on an operation to Torino. Over France, the crew encountered technical problems with the port outer engine and returned earlier. On final approach to RAF Woodhall Spa, the airplane stalled and crashed 1,500 metres short of runway and was destroyed. Six crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Howard Ramey, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth William Pharoah, flight engineer, †
P/O Andrew Joseph McLaughlin, navigator, †
Sgt W. O. Lundy, bomb aimer,
P/O James Forbes MacPherson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Raymond Bernard Dion, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Thomas Norman MacLeod, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Engine failure.
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