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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster in the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED934
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Waddenzee
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Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 15 to attack the Sorpe Dam located southeast of Dortmund. While overflying The Netherlands by night at an altitude of 300 feet, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Waddenzee, off Texel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (617th Squadron):
P/O Vernon William Byers, pilot,
Sgt Alastair James Taylor, flight engineer,
P/O James Herbert Warner, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Neville Whitaker, air bomber,
Sgt John Wilkinson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles McAllister Jarvie, air gunner,
F/Sgt James McDowell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5575
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Location:
Waddenzee
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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 Woodhall Spa at 1703LT on an operation to Berlin. Over The Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Arthur Axup,
F/Sgt Henry Craig Beebe,
Sgt John Bell,
Sgt John Charles Brottain,
Sgt Peter Lane,
Sgt Geoffrey Harold Rowson,
Sgt John Edgar West.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the Waddenzee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7442
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Waddenzee
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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 Waterbeach at 2358LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Montgomery Livingston, pilot,
Sgt William Bennett, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander John Kenny, observer,
P/O Lewis Alfred Booth, navigator,
P/O Francis Larry Flynn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Raymond Coates, wireless operator,
P/O James Graham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in the Waddenzee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT124
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Waddenzee
All The Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying operation. It failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed in the Waddenzee. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Ralph Jenkins, pilot,
P/O James Thomas Bartle Clough, navigator,
Sgt John Arthur Woodroffe, wireless operator,
Sgt John Anthony Steele, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in the Waddenzee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941 at 2209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3280
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Waddenzee
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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 Honington at 1730LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Herbert Dartnall, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Bamber Fielding,
Sgt Reginald Burchell How,
Sgt Kenneth Quick,
F/Sgt William Smithson,
P/O Hugh Vincent Wilgar-Robinson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in the Waddenzee

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1046
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Waddenzee
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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 East Wretham at 1855LT on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed on a sandbank in the Waddenzee, some 7 km south of the Schiermonnikoog Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frantisek Petr,
Sgt Vaclav Prochazka,
Sgt Josef Susa,
Sgt Bedrich Valner,
F/Lt Erazim Vesely,
Sgt Josef Zvolensky.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in the Waddenzee: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Waddenzee
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Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2000LT on a mine laying operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Claud William Allen, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Wilson Rowan, observer,
Sgt Henry Bruce Barcroft Teesdale Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Kay, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Waddenzee: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1371
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Waddenzee
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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 East Wretham at 2252LT on July 19 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Vaclav Netik, pilot,
Sgt Pavel Babacek,
Sgt Jan Čtvrtlik,
Sgt Miroslav Jindra,
P/O Jaroslav Partyk,
Sgt Vaclav Vales.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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