| Date |
Time |
Aircraft |
Target |
Crew |
Service |
Area of Loss |
Reason for Loss |
| 29 March 1943 |
23.15h |
Wellington Mk X HE545 AS-H |
Bochum
Germany |
P/O J. R. A. Hodgson - Pilot - buried Arnhem-Moscowa
P/O S. R. Farley - Navigator - buried Arnhem-Moscowa
P/O F. L. E. Dupré - Air Bomber - reburied Groesbeek
Sgt D. Keenan - Wireless Op. - buried Arnhem-Moscowa
P/O R. A. Weese - Rear Gunner - reburied Groesbeek
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
RCAF
|
Schaarsbergen, Landgoed Zonheuvel, Gem. Arnhem / Province of Gelderland
|
downed by Maj. Werner Streib + crew
(Stab I / NJG.1) |
| 30 March 1943 |
00.02h |
Wellington Mk.III X3965 AS-L |
Bochum
Germany |
Sgt O. E. Collins - Pilot
F/O L. Young - Navigator
Sgt J. G. Hubbard - Bomb Aimer
F/Sgt J. B. Bayliss - Wireless Op.
F/Sgt S. N. Curtis - Rear Gunner
|
RNZAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAAF
RAAF
|
North Sea ± 20 km. W. of Zandvoort
Province Noord-Holland |
downed by Ofw. Heinz Vinke + crew
(11. / NJG.1)
|
| 03 May 1943 |
01.55h |
Wellington Mk X HE923 AS-R |
Dortmund
Germany |
F/Sgt A. P. Uditsky - Pilot - buried Vlagtwedde (from USA)
F/Sgt J. T. Macksimchuk - Navigator - buried Vlagtwedde
F/Sgt E. N. Moore - Bomb Aimer - buried Vlagtwedde
Sgt T.A.S. Buchanan - Wireless Op. - buried Vlagtwedde (from N.- Ireland)
Sgt G. E. Armstrong - Rear Gunner - buried Vlagtwedde
|
RCAF
RCAF
RCAF
RAFVR
RCAF
|
Boertange, Gemeente Vlagtwedde,
(Province of Groningen)
(near German border) |
unknown reason for loss
(maybe damaged by FLAK ?) |
| 14 May 1943 |
04.06h |
Wellington Mk X HZ280 AS-Q |
Bochum
Germany |
P/O W. Wahl - Pilot - buried Amsterdam-Watergraafsmeer
F/Sgt W. N. Partridge - Wireless Op. - buried Stavoren (Frl.)
Sgt S. A. H. Davis - Navigator - POW (# 1238) - Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug (Lith.)
P/O H. W. Newby - POW (# 1319) - Stalag Luft III Sagan (Poland)
Sgt J. A. Wright - Rear Gunner - POW first (wounded) - repatriated to the UK later
|
RCAF
RCAF
RCAF
RCAF
RCAF
|
IJsselmeer former Zuiderzee), ± 15 km. E. of Wieringen Island S. of the Afsluitdijk
between Prov. of Friesland and Noord-Holland |
damaged by FLAK
first
downed by Uffz...?..Scherer + crew (10. / NJG.1)
pilot was more or less successful in ‘rescue ditching’ into the
waters
|
| 24 May 1943 |
01.08h |
Wellington Mk X HE290 AS-J |
Dortmund
Germany |
Sgt E. S. Morris - Pilot - buried Haaksbergen
Sgt H. B. Thompson - Navigator - buried Haaksbergen
Sgt E. S. Morris - Pilot - buried Haaksbergen
Sgt R. F. Williamson - Wireless Op. - buried Haaksbergen
F/Sgt J. R. Stewart - Rear Gunner - buried Haaksbergen
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RCAF
|
Rutbeek hamlet, between Haaksbergen and Enschede & Leppepaalweg, Gemeente Enschede
Landstreek Twenthe, Province of Overijssel |
downed by Hptm. Wolfgang Thimmig + crew
Stab III. / NJG.1
|
| 24 May 1943 |
01.55h |
Wellington Mk X HE655 AS-D |
Dortmund
Germany |
Sgt C. W. Westwood - Pilot - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt A. Benson - Navigator - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt H. W. Fields - Bomb Aimer - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt W. P. Baxter - Wireless Op. - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt T. W. Shadgett - Rear Gunner - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Oirschot, NW off Eindhoven, Gem. Oirschot
(Province of Noord-Brabant) |
downed by Oblt. Manfred Meurer + crew
(3. / NJG.1) |
| 24 May 1943 |
02.42h |
Wellington Mk X HF486 AS-L |
Dortmund
Germany |
F/O A. E. Steward - Pilot - New Eastern Cemetery
Sgt J. H. Griffiths - Navigator - New Eastern Cemetery
F/Lt J. G. Eldridge (DFC + Bar) - Air Bomber - New Eastern Cemetery
P/O S. B. Jobes - Wireless Op. - New Eastern Cemetery
P/O J. F.Sanders - Rear Gunner - New Eastern Cemetery
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
North Sea ± 7 km. W. of Katwijk village
(Province of Noord-Holland) |
it’s not known why
they were lost, but there was a lot of Luftwaffe night fighter activity that night
over Holland and the coastal waters too |
| 26 May 1943 |
02.36h |
Wellington Mk X HE699 AS-M |
Düsseldorf
Germany |
Sgt R. Lowe - Pilot - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt G. J. Mitchener - Navigator - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt J. G. Watkins - Air Bomber - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt S. F.Barrow - Wireless Op. - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
Sgt L. M. Chisnall - Rear Gunner - buried Eindhoven-Woensel
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Nederweert, a/d. Proosdijk, S.E. of Eindhoven city
in the Province of Limburg |
downed by Maj. Walter Ehle + crew
(Stab II. / NJG.1) - position ‘ 52.6.8 ‘ |
| 28 May 1943 |
00.56h |
Wellington Mk X HE752 AS-W |
Essen
Germany |
F/Lt D. T. Tonkinson - Pilot - buried Hengelo
Sgt P. Guest - Navigator - buried Hengelo
F/O T. D. Brown - Air Bomber - buried Hengelo
Plt Off A. D. Johnson - Wireless Op. - buried Hengelo
Sgt N. P. Rayner - Rear Gunner - buried Hengelo
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Oele hamlet, a/d. Nijhuisbinnenweg
W. of Hengelo city, Gem. Hengelo,Landstreek Twenthe, Province of Overijssel |
downed by Oblt. Hans-Heinz Augenstein + crew
(7. / NJG.1) - position ‘Hengelo’ |
| 22 June 1943 |
02.49h |
Wellington Mk X HE924 AS-C |
Krefeld
Germany |
F/Sgt A. Burgess - Pilot - buried Nijmegen-Jonkerbosch
P/O G. R. Wright - Navigator - buried Nijmegen-Jonkerbosch
F/Sgt W. F. Payne - Air Bomber - no known grave, commemorated Runnymede Memorial
P/O J. K. Somers - Wireless Op. - buried Nijmegen-Jonkerbosch
Sgt E. Jeffs - Rear Gunner - buried Nijmegen-Jonkerbosch
|
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAAF
RAFVR
|
Neerkant village, S.E. of Eindhoven city, Gemeente Deurne, Province of Noord-Brabant
near the Limburg border |
downed by Hptm. Rudolf Sigmund + crew
(10. / NJG.1) - some sources are saying by Hptm. Siegfried Wandam of NJG.5), but the interception time
and also the # of the night-fighter unit is not correct |
| 26 June 1943 |
02.37h |
Wellington Mk X HF589 AS-W |
Gelsenkirchen
Germany |
F/Sgt M. J. Arthur - Pilot POW # 292 Stalag XIB(357)
Sgt L. A. Butterworth - Navigator POW # 300 Salag Luft. VI Heydekrug (Lith.)
Sgt J. Bailey - Air Bomber - buried Utrecht-Soestbergen
Sgt J. Orr - Wireless Op. - buried Utrecht-Soestbergen
Sgt S. Gaskin - Rear Gunner - buried Utrecht-Soestbergen
|
RAAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Hekendorp village, E. of Gouda city, Gem. Oudewater, Province of Utrecht
|
downed by Hptm. Hans-Dieter Frank + crew
(2. / NJG.1) - position ‘ Gouda ‘ |
| 26 June 1943 |
02.41h |
Wellington Mk X HE346 AS-M |
Gelsenkirchen
Germany |
F/Sgt C. A. Mattress - Pilot - fieldgrave/crash site
Sgt A. Mortimer - Navigator - fieldgrave/crash site
Sgt J. P. Priestley - Air Bomber - fieldgrave/crash site
Sgt N. R. Parry - Wireless Op. - fieldgrave/crash site
Sgt T. Ball - Rear Gunner - fieldgrave/crash site
|
RAAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
near Holwerd, in front of the sea dike, in the outside summer meadows area,
Gemeente (West-)Dongeradeel, Province of Friesland - there is a War Memorial on the local sea dike, since 24 June 1992; and there is an ‘Unknown Airman Grave’,
in the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek, near Nijmegen city, in the Province of Gelderland, since 1977 (reburial of bones)
|
downed by Luftwaffe night-fighter, most likely by Hptm. Rudolf Sigmund + crew
(10. / NJG.1)
|
| 03 August 1943 |
03.48h |
Wellington Mk X HE464 AS-W |
Hamburg
Germany |
Sgt H. Nash - Pilot - buried Ternaard
F/O G. W. Fitzgerald - Navigator - buried Ternaard
Sgt V. F. Fernando - Air Bomber - from Ceylon
Sgt R. J. Perrin - Wireless Op. - buried Ternaard
Sgt J. Cowan - Rear Gunner - buried Ternaard
|
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Wadden Sea ± 3.5 km. N.W. off Ternaard village
in the Gemeente (West-)Dongeradeel, in
Friesland (South of Ameland Island)
|
downed by Oblt. Hermann Greiner + crew
(11. / NJG.1) - pos. ‘ CM-38h ‘ |
| 16 August 1943 |
00.36h |
Wellington Mk X HF596X AS-A |
‘Mussels Lane’ Nectarines area I
laying sea mines in between the
Frisian isles (the Netherlands) |
W/O A. P. Bates - Pilot - no known grave - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
F/O R. P. Swallow - Navigator - no known grave - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
Sgt R. Carlon - Air Bomber no known grave - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
Sgt A. Bromby - Wireless Op. - no known grave - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
Sgt G. W. D. Dean - Rear Gunner - no known grave - commemorated Runnymede Memorial
|
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
North Sea ± 45 km. N.N.W. of Terschelling
and N. of Vlieland Island
|
downed by Leutnant Heinz Grimm + crew
(12./ NJG.1) position BK-23r |
| 20 December 1943 |
19.30h |
Lancaster Mk I R5552 AS-P2 |
Frankfurt am Main
Germany |
F/Sgt K. B. Renelt - Pilot - buried Middelharnis
Sgt E. C. Toms - Flight Engineer - buried Middelharnis
F/Sgt J. W. Thompson - Navigator - buried Middelharnis
F/Sgt A. B. Sheddan - Air Bomber - buried Middelharnis
F/Sgt J. F. Moore - Wireless Op. - buried Middelharnis
Sgt L. A. Henson - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Middelharnis
F/Sgt D. Bernard - Rear Gunner - buried Middelharnis
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RNZAF
RAAF
RAFVR
RCAF
|
Middelharnis & Pottersweg, Gem. (and island too) Goeree-Overflakkee,
S.W. of Rotterdam and near the Haringvliet waters, Province of
Zuid-Holland
|
crashed for unknown reasons
after circling around many times over the area
|
| 12 May 1944 |
01.14h |
Lancaster Mk I ME779 AS-S |
Hasselt
Belgium |
P/O G. J. R. Clark - Pilot - reburied Bergen op Zoom
Sgt R. J.Bond - Wireless Op. - reburied Bergen op Zoom
Sgt H. S. Tulett - Mid Upper Gunner - reburied Bergen op Zoom
Sgt L. G.Smith - Rear Gunner - reburied Bergen op Zoom
Sgt K. Slater - Flight Engineer - POW (# 3835) - Stalag 357 Kopernikus
F/Sgt P. R. A. Pool - Navigator - POW (# 3836) - Stalag 357 Kopernikus
F/Sgt M. B. Brackley - Air Bomber - POW (# 3834) - Stalag 357 Kopernikus
the 4 crew KIA were buried first in a temporary grave in Haamstede (Zld.);
reburied in 1946
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Elkerzee hamlet, ± 2 km. S. of
Scharendijke, Gemeente (and island also) Schouwen-Duiveland,
nearby todays Grevelingenmeer
Province of Zeeland
|
downed by Oblt. Godfried Hanneck + crew
(II./NJG.1) |
| 22 May 1944 |
01.12h |
Lancaster Mk III ND956 AS-I |
Duisburg
Germany |
F/Sgt T. Franklin - Pilot - buried Goudriaan
Sgt J. F. Tomney - Flight Engineer - POW (# 63) - Stalag Luft VII Bankau
Sgt B. F. Bird - Navigator - POW (# 3) - Stalag Luft XVIII-A Wolfsberg, in Austria + Stalag Luft VII Bankau, in todays Poland
Sgt S. D. Spencer - Air Bomber - buried Goudriaan
Sgt J. Kiltie - Wireless Op. - buried Goudriaan
F/Sgt A. A. Anderson - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Goudriaan
Sgt J. Moffatt - Rear Gunner - buried Goudriaan
remains of the crew KIA are buried in one collective grave in the Gen. Cemetery, there is erected a commemorative stone in between the 4 grave markers of the CWGC
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
|
Goudriaan village, in the ‘Polder Zuidzijde’ (Southside Polder), Gem.)
Giessenlanden, E. of Rotterdam, in the Province of Zuid-Holland
|
downed by Oblt. Wilhelm Henseler + crew
(1. / NJG.1) - pos. 10 km. N.E Dordrecht (alt. 6000 mtrs.)
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| 22 May 1944 |
02.124h |
Lancaster Mk III ND579 AS-H |
Duisburg
Germany |
P/O J. W. Reilly - Pilot - POW (# 5504) injured) - brought to hospital first then Stalag Luft III Sagan (Poland)
Sgt D. Dickson - Flight Engineer - buried Brielle
F/Sgt L. C. Clutterbuck - Navigator - buried Hoek van Holland
F/O P. Pochaillo - Air Bomber
Sgt T. Meehan - Wireless Op. - buried Hoek van Holland
Sgt W. B. Rankin - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Den Haag-Westduin
Sgt A. Patmore - Rear Gunner - reburied Bergen op Zoom
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RCAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
North Sea, into the area of todays ‘Maasvlakte’,
the newest reclaimed land/habour sector of
Rotterdam-Seaside, named ‘Yangtzehaven’ (near Hook of Holland), in the Province of
Zuid-Holland; some remains of the plane were recovered / ‘dredged away’ from the new habour
basin under construction, in June 1971, by the Recovery Unit of the Royal Dutch Air Force (dossier No. RNLAF-69);
the rest is still at the location, under meters of sand of the fuel tanker terminal, or into the bottom of the habour basin (Yangtze Habour)
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downed by Maj. Hans Karlowski + crew
(2. / NJG.1) - position ‘ JJ-1 ‘
(over sea off Hoek van Holland / Hook of Holland);
by the way, he was claiming another type of
4-engined RAF bomber… a Halifax;
this would seem to be
a mistake |
| 13 June 1944 |
01.34h |
Lancaster Mk III LM581 AS-X |
Gelsenkirchen
Germany |
P/O T. W. Boyce - Pilot - buried Epe
Sgt J. B. Carter - Flight Engineer - buried Epe
F/O A. B. Leonard - Navigator - buried Epe
F/O M. A. Monks - Air Bomber - buried Epe
Sgt S. Alldis - Wireless Op. - buried Epe
Sgt H. Rothwell - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Epe
Sgt I. M. Ross - Rear Gunner - buried Epe
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RNZAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Tongeren hamlet, appr. 4 km. W. of Epe, thus N. of Apeldoorn, in Gemeente Epe
Province of Gelderland
|
downed by Luftwaffe night-fighter
most likely by Fw. Karl Pfeiffer + crew
|
| 13 June 1944 |
01.23h |
Lancaster Mk III ME777 AS-K2 |
Gelsenkirchen
Germany |
F/O W. G. Grant BEM - Pilot - buried Zelhem
Sgt J. E. Bawtree - Flight Engineer - buried Zelhem
F/O J. H. Stopp - Navigator - buried Zelhem
F/O H. W. Davies - Air Bomer - buried Zelhem
F/Sgt L. T. Hunt - Wireless Op. - buried Zelhem
F/O H. A. B. Brown - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Zelhem
F/O K. J. Moses - Rear Gunner - buried Zelhem
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RAAF
RAAF
RAAF
RAAF
RAAF
|
Zelhem-Wassinkbrink, East of Arnhem city, Gem. Bronckhorst, Landstreek
Achterhoek, Province of Gelderland
(near the German border)
|
German night-fighter
crew unknown
|
| 13 June 1944 |
02.30h |
Lancaster Mk I ND399 AS-R |
Gelsenkirchen
Germany |
P/O J.S.Kirton - Pilot - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
Sgt J. P. Coogan(from Ireland) - Flight Engineer - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
F/O J. L.Lochhead - Navigator - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
F/O P. L. Andrewes - Air Bomber - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
Sgt A. J. Brazier - Wireless Op. - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
Sgt C. McClean - Mid Upper Gunner - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
Sgt F. I. Spencer - Rear Gunner - buried Ugchelen-Heidehof
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RAFVR
RAFVR
RNZAF
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
RAFVR
|
Ugchelen-Willemsbos directly W. of Apeldoorn town, also Gem. Apeldoorn, Landstreek Veluwe
Province of Gelderland
|
German night-fighter
(crew unknown) |
| 31 December 1944 |
19.30h |
Lancaster Mk I ME647 AS-J |
Osterfeld
Germany |
F/Lt J. A. Sherry - Pilot - reburied Nederweert
P/O A. Martin - Flight Enginner - reburied Nederweert
F/O M. Bernyk - Navigator - reburied Nederweert
F/O D. H. Bennett - Air Bomber - reburied Nederweert
F/Sgt K. Surman - Wireless Op. - reburied Nederweert
F/Sgt C. Young - Mid Upper Gunner - reburied Nederweert
F/Sgt J. C. Daze - Rear Gunner - reburied Nederweert
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RCAF
RAFVR
RCAF
RCAF
RAFVR
RCAF
RCAF
|
Eygelshoven side of the Rimburgerweg, near Heerlen, just inside
Dutch territory and in the already liberated Province of
Zuid-Limburg(halfway through September 1944, after Operation ‘Market Garden’ etc.)
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reason of the crash is not known, but most likely German night-fighter
activity again, but… we have to realize in this case, the ‘Reichsverteidigung’
overthe Netherlands, the Luftwaffe ‘home defence’ was already reduced in a dramatic way
(‘Fliegerhorst’ Deelen out of use, Airfield Gilze-Rijen lost, ‘Fliegerhorst’ Leeuwarden almost empty, etc.
etc., and the ‘Luftwaffe Central Command Structure’ near Arnhem even blown up !)
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Last remarks:by the end of the war, in the days just before VE-day (Victory in Europe,
8 May, 1945) many crews of No. 166 Squadron were flying their most wonderful and happy
operations over Holland, without enemy fire at all, while dropping food
in the Western ‘Randstad’ areas the Netherlands, because in the cities, the people there were
almost dying of starvation….
That bloody air war came to an end, indeed via Operation ‘Manna’, although,
alas even then, some more were lost (in other squadrons ?), never to
come home again !
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