Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Carneddau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1944 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
MG804
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Mona - Mona
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a night training flight. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the east slope of Mt Foel Fras near Carneddau. Rescuers arrived on the scene around 0830LT and four crew members were evacuated while the instructor was killed.
Crew (8th AFU):
F/S Alan Biffen, pilot,
F/S Albert Francis Standring, wireless operator and instructor, †
P/O Victor Joseph Sibthorpe, navigator,
Sgt Dalton, air bomber,
Sgt Lorrimer, wireless operator.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA into the Ijssel: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FK790
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left RAF Tempsford in the evening of August 5 on a special mission to Nijkerk, in The Netherlands. On board were four crew members and four Dutch agents who should be dropped over Nijkerk to join the resistance. While approaching the Dutch coast by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Ijssel some 4 km north of Kornwerderzand. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew (161st Special Squadron):
F/Lt Menzies, pilot,
F/O Bunney, navigator,
Sgt Withers, wireless operator,
Sgt Eliot, air gunner.
Passengers:
Peter Kwint,
Jan Bockma,
Pleun Verhoef,
Johannes Walter.
Source: http://fk790.tripod.com/In_Memory/finalflight.htm
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in RAF Cluntoe

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1944 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
FK224
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
60
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Overshot on landing, lost its undercarriage and came to rest into a ditch. No casualties.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Wissant: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ME743
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to a bombing mission over the Mimoyecques airfield. In flight, the bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Wissant. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (44th Squadron):
F/L F. X. Merrick,
Sgt R. D. J. C. Carling,
F/O J. Poulter,
F/O R. N. Bartlett,
Sgt C. Dickinson,
Sgt H. P. Warll,
Sgt J. W. Thomas.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1944 at 2345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
JP206
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Blida - Blida
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left Blida in the evening on a supply mission to the French Resistance. Near the Sivas Pass, the crew completed two drops. While attempting a third one, a strong wind rose and caught the aircraft again trees. The aircraft crashed into a hill and was destroyed. All seven crew members from the 624th Squadron were killed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1944 at 0100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
JP240
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Blida - Blida
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a supply mission to the French Resistance. By night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field. All eight occupants were killed, among them a French Captain (the passenger).
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Epe: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LL840
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a bombing mission over an industrial complex in Essen. On the return trip, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field in Epe, north of Apeldoorn. Two crew members were killed while all six other occupants were taken POW.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Upper Commons

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LJ628
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the aircraft hit a hill and crashed in the Peak District. All ten crew members were rescued, among them two were injured. The aircraft was totally wrecked. For unknown reason, the crew was flying at a too low altitude.
Crew (1654th Heavy Conversion Unit):
F/O Leonard Thomas Gardine, pilot,
F/O John O’Leary, pilot instructor,
Sgt Jim Coulson, bomb aimer and air gunner,
Sgt John David Gittings, flight engineer,
Sgt McDonald, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Edward Burroughs, wireless operator,
Sgt Ludlow, flight engineer,
Sgt Austin, air gunner,
Sgt Lennox Schultz Van Nierkirk, air gunner,
S/L Hadland.
Source and photos:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/peakdistrict/peakdistrictlj628.htm

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina near the Cap de Trois Fourches: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
JX258
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While on a maritime patrol flight along the Moroccan coast, the seaplane hit a mountain slope located near the Cap de Trois Fourches, north of the Spanish enclave of Melilla. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew (202nd Squadron):
Sgt Ronald Vivian Allen,
F/L Douglas Boyle,
F/O Robert William Clark-Hall,
F/O Harry Roy Keen,
F/S Charles Ernest Lang,
F/S William James McDonald,
F/S Edward George McNeal,
Sgt Robert William Pole,
Sgt Samuel Lester Squire.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Urk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LL807
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Faldingworth - Faldingworth
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Faldingworth at 2316LT on June 12 on a bombing mission to Gelsenkirchen. While flying over The Netherlands by night, the bomber was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Ijssel off Urk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (300th Squadron):
Jerzy Władysław Różański, pilot,
Mieczysław Hahn, navigator,
Wacław Bakun, air bomber,
Rajmund Bardzo , air gunner,
Marian Wróblewski, air gunner,
Albin Pacuła, radio operator,
Mieczysław Gustaw Szeliga , flight engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.