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Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford at Kleine-Brogel AFB

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1955
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
O-33
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Florennes - Kleine-Brogel
MSN:
4246
Location:
Kleine-Brogel AFB
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Landed hard at Kleine-Brogel Airbase, causing the undercarriage to collapse. Both pilots were unhurt but the aircraft was not repaired.

Crash of a Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar in Sint-Truiden

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1954
Type of aircraft:
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Operator:
Registration:
51-8273
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
10821
YOM:
1951
Location:
Sint-Truiden
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
A propeller blade failed in flight. The engine then suffered serious vibrations and eventually detached from its mount. All seven occupants decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All seven occupants were found uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Loss of a propeller blade and engine in flight.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Kleine-Brogel AFB

Date & Time: May 13, 1953
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
O-39
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Kleine-Brogel - Kleine-Brogel
Location:
Kleine-Brogel AFB
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in a wooded area near Kleine-Brogel AFB while performing a training sortie for the 27 Squadron of the 10th WIng.
Source & photo:
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Airspeed Oxford/Airspeed Oxford O-39.html

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling in Hamont: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF366
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Hamont-Achel
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 0007LT on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted amd shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft stalled, hit the ground, went out of control and came to rest in flames on the bank of a canal. The captain and the navigator were killed while all five other occupants were taken PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Charles Redwood, navigator, †
Bill Cole, flight engineer,
Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Leslie Ellingham, radio operator,
Jack Kilfoyle, air gunner,
Edgar Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German fighters.

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

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1943 at 2127 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Hamont-Achel
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful bombing mission over Germany, while overflying Belgium by night, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near a farm. Four crew members were rescued while three others were killed. According to the RAF, two of them were killed during the attack while the third was killed as his parachute did not open properly.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O Al Power, pilot, †
F/O Tom Church, navigator,
Sgt Norman Clark, radio operator,
Sgt R. A. Holland,
Sgt Victor Mitchell, wireless operator,
F/L Jack Bousfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley Beadon, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Bree: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1942 at 0214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7301
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Bree
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Skellingthorpe at 2301LT on May 30 on a bombing mission to Cologne, Germany. Following an uneventful mission, the aircraft returned to its base in England. While overflying Belgium by night, the bomber was shot down by the German Flak. The captain ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. Sole on board, the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing in Bree, some 21 km northwest of Gent. But the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a drainage ditch and was destroyed. While the captain was killed, all six others occupants were unhurt and taken POW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/O Leslie Thomas Manser, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie H. Baveystock, pilot,
P/O Richard J. Barnes, radio navigator,
P/O Robert M. Horsley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stanley E. King, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Allan McF. Mills, air gunner,
Sgt B. W. Naylor, air gunner.
Photos: http://www.ww2crashsiteresearch.com/pagina57.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Tongeren: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1942 at 0238 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7470
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge
Location:
Tongeren
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Woolfox Lodge at 0035LT on April 7 on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Piringen, some 3 km east of Tongeren. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/Sgt Eric William Noble, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd John Holmes Lincoln, pilot,
Sgt Robert Eastwood Newton, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Leyshon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Donavan Peter George Kent, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Neville James Patton, air gunner,
Sgt George Henry Walker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lommel

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941 at 0549 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE251
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Lommel
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Lommel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Ernest Ronald Abbott,
Sgt James Hugh Barrett,
Sgt Thomas Gibson Wake,
P/O William John Chase.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Beverlo: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941 at 0518 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7373
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Beverlo
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following morning and passing over Belgium, the bomber was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a pasture in Beverlo. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Lionel A. Paskell, pilot, †
Sgt Dennis V. Chant, flight engineer, †
F/S Kenneth H. L. Houghton, navigator,
F/S George H. Roberts, †
Sgt Arthur D. Smith, radio officer,
Sgt Cyril D. G. Walter, air gunner, †
Sgt Lewis J. Compton, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1941 at 2347 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD859
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Munsterbilzen
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
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 2015LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Munsterbilzen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Gilbert Bensley, pilot,
Sgt Frank Dacey, pilot,
Sgt John Alexander Dallas Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Gilbert Tonks, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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