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[Lucky13]

Date: Sunday 13 September 1942
Time: 23:40
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 27 OTU RAF
Registration: L7815
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire
Destination Airport: RAF Lichfield
Narrative: Airborne 2331 13Sep42 for mission to Dusseldorf. Turned back with faltering port engine. Stalled whilst turning finals, spun & crashed, bursting into flames on impact. A furthe 4 airmen were killed at 03:20 while on fire piquet when the bomb load exploded.

Crew:
Pilot : Sergeant William John Percival Fletcher RAAF Aus/406476 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Frederick William Lewis RAFVR 1053802 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Joseph Albert Turnbull RAAF Aus/411555 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Fairfield Thompson RAFVR 1354657 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant James Gordon Milne RAAF Aus/408774 [Killed]

Ground Personnel:
Ground Crew : Aircraftman 1st Class Colin Aveyard RAFVR 1028776 [Killed]
Ground Crew : Aircraftman 1st Class Alfred Marten RAFVR 1296177 [Killed]
Ground Crew : Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Ward RAF 577760 [Killed]
Ground Crew : Corporal Ronald Moses Simon Zucker RAFVR 938506 [Killed]

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 6 October 1942
Time: 23:22 LT
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 115 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK313
MSN: KO-B
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Niedersachsen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.

The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3, who had taken off from Rheine airfield at 21:40 hrs, in Dornier Do 217J D5+LH.

The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

 

[Viking1066]

Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina of VP-13 1930's HISW

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 23:49
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/Operator: 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1250
MSN: BH-K
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: Missing - North Sea - Atlantic Ocean
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Wellington Z1250: Took off at 18:39 hrs for a bombing operation against Kiel (G). 13/10/1942
On the return flight, vanished over the North sea.
Probably, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 12./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in NL (claim) sea 35 km northwest of Texel (Salzhering): 3,600m at 23:49 hrs.

Crew:
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Jozef Wojcik DFC PAF P/76650 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Ryszard Brych PAF P/783077 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Stanislaw Janas PAF P/1847 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Zenon Wilczynski PAF P/81183 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Jerzy Lagonski PAF P/783106 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wojciech Peczkowski PAF P/793713 [Killed]

All are remembered at the Polish Memorial, Northolt (51.548730 / -0.400127)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 22:40
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: DF664
MSN: VR-E
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Oxstedt, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Croft, North Yorkshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 18:28 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.

The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak. The crew of five rests in the Becklingen War Cemetery.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 22:25
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 142 Sqn RAF
Registration: BJ653
MSN: PH-R
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Lintrup, Syddanmark - Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 18:36 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Kiel in Germany.

The aircraft was hit by the 1./4./Flak-Abteilung 306, hit a dyke and crashed into a turnip field.

The five crew members had escaped by parachute and were taken prisoner of war.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 23:10
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: X3954
MSN: AA-?
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Darenwurth, Helse, Schleswig-Holstein - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Operation - Kiel.

The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.

Crew:
Pilot : Sergeant Ventry Watters RNZAF NZ/413522 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Lewis Harry Parkinson RNZAF NZ/412518 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Albert Cyril Orr RAFVR 1145143 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ellison George Firth RNZAF NZ/412218 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Edward Goldsack RAFVR 1250808 [Killed]

All lie at the Kiel War Cemetery, Germany (54.345657 / 10.124720)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 18:42
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 142 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK279
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England - United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Grimsby
Destination Airport:
Narrative: This aircraft was wrecked when it crashed on the airfield after the starboard tyre burst at 75mph as the aircraft was taking off for operations to Kiel.
Pilot P/O G Smith and his crew were uninjured.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Tuesday 13 October 1942
Time: 23:05
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/Operator: 27 OTU RAF
Registration: Z8854
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Watery Lane, Scropton, 0.5km S of RAF Church Broughton, Derbyshire - United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Church Broughton
Destination Airport:
Narrative: During the Cross County rapidly deteriorated weather. All aircraft were sent to other airports. Crew did not reflect the message. F / Lt Fanta tried to land under these conditions. The fog circled several times above the base. At 23:05 hours the machine crashed and exploded.

Crew: killed
F/Lt František FANTA (pilot) RAFVR
Sgt Josef HRALA (pilot) RAFVR
P/O Karel MUCHA - RAFVR
P/O Václav OBŠIL - RAFVR
Sgt Emil TUFKEL (AG) RAFVR
Sgt Rudolf JELÍNEK (AG) RAFVR

 

[Lucky13]

Date:Sunday 6 December 1942
Time:21:54
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration:BK513
MSN:KO-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities:0
Aircraft Famage:Destroyed
Location:Montcornet, Aisne département - France
Phase:Combat
Nature:Military
Departure Airport:RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Takeoff at 17:32 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim in Germany.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Helmut Bergmann of the 7./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Juvincourt airfield.

The crew of five rests at the Montcornet British war cemetery.

Pilot: Dixon Maxwell Wintringham - F/O - Service No 414265
Observer: Rae James Douglas - F/S - Service No R86314
WOP: Riches Charles - Sgt - Service No 1202006
BA: Colwill Malcolm Charles - Sgt - Service No 1183362
RG: Dunn Andrew Graham - Sgt - Service No 1081058

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Saturday 13 February 1943
Time: Night
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk VII
Owner/Operator: 458 Sqn RAAF
Registration: HX726
MSN: MD-O
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: RAF Luqa - Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Luqa
Destination Airport:
Narrative: On return to base from a night operation, pilot overshot runway at high speed and crashed into quary at the end of the runway killing 5 of the 6 on board. 458 Sqn records mention the possibility it might have already been on fire prior to crash.

Crew:
Pilot: R/87397 F/Sgt Lawrence Harry Gleason (RCAF) – Killed
2nd Pilot: 1289528 Sgt Eric Ansell Brown (RAFVR) – Killed
Navigator/Bomb aimer: J/9516 F/O Maurice McAllister Kempton (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/92308 WO2 Peter Edwyn Elkford Brown (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/91441 Sgt Harold Ernest Stanley (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/75285 F/Sgt Wendell Pierce Drew (RCAF) - Injured

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Saturday 13 March 1943
Time: 22:52
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: BK516
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: West of Brittany - France
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by Uffz. Karl Franz of the 10./NJG 5 - West of Brittany (90793,Sumatra I): 4,000m at 22:52 - flying Ju 88 C-6 C9+FU. The Junkers went down in this fight, too.

Operation: Gardening - mine-laying operations
Target area: Bay of Biscay
Call Sign: BH-K
Take off time: 18:43
Crew:
Pilot: 783169 Sgt Tadeusz Kuzminski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 37.
Navigator: 780226 Flt Sgt Karol Jerzy Kramarczyk -Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 33.
Wireless Operator: 782742 Sgt Stanislaw Napora - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 47.
Air Gunner: 703539 Sgt Atanazy Papkow - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 52.
Air Gunner: 794726 Sgt Franciszek Polom - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 56.

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 May 1943
Time: 02:58
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE913
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Den Drossert, Asten, Noord-Brabant - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF East Moor, UK
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Kruse of the3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 23:50

Crew:
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Arthur Fitzgerald Halsted RAFVR 1313054 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Peter John Dunger RAFVR 130271 (NCO:1318488 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer / Navigator : Flying Officer Stephen Alan Willoughby RAF 49765 (NCO:528976 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Cyril Taylor RAFVR 1219035 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Oliver Broughton RCAF R/110293 [Killed]

All were initialy buried at Venlo but now lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618)

 

[Lucky13]

Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:02:09
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator:199 Sqn RAF
Registration:HE702
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities:0
Aircraft Damage:Destroyed
Location:Drostenweg - Horsterweg roads, Doornspijk, Gelderland - Netherlands
Phase:Combat
Nature:Military
Departure Airport:RAF Ingham, UK
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: EX-Y

Crew: Pilot : Sergeant Leonard Waldorf RAFVR 1383863 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Hughes RAFVR 1450608 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Guyie Wilson RAFVR 1386132 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Ronald Hermond Downes Cook RAFVR 127864 (NCO:1189026 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Tom Wharmby RAFVR 1236751 [Killed]

All the casualties lie at the Harderwijk General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.348668 / 5.639929)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 May 1943
Time: 02:13
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE440
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Huppel F20, NE of Winterswijk, Gelderland - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Bourn
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: SE-Y
Takeoff time: 23:45

Crew:
Pilot: Sergeant George Robert Yorston Wood RAF 658403 [Killed]
Navigator: Sergeant Edward Leo Gummer RAFVR 1379214 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Sergeant Innis Edward Mobley RAF 1575533 [Killed]
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant Andrew Cresswell RAFVR 1210978 [Killed]
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant Thomas Haig Smith RAFVR 993817 [Killed]

All lie at the Winterswijk Cemetery, Netherlands (51.980817 / 6.725805)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 May 1943
Time: 02:21
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE423
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Kouwenhovenselaan, Zeist, Utrecht - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF East Moor
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: AL-
Takeoff time: 00:03

Crew:
Pilot: Flying Officer Basil Alfred Alexander Geale RAFVR 131641 (NCO:912101 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator: Pilot Officer Howard Allen Tennis RCAF J/16322 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Warrant Officer Class II James Samuel Vose RCAF R/93441 [Killed]
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant Joseph Piggott RAFVR 1282904 [Killed]
Rear Gunner: Warrant Officer Raymond Thomas Crimmins RCAF R/131089 [Killed]

All lie at the Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.158212 / 5.369235)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 May 1943
Time: 02:17
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE321
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: near Hasseler Es, near Deurningen, Overijssel - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Dalton, UK
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: NA-Z
Takeoff time: 23:42

Crew:
Pilot: Flight Sergeant Alan Edgar Hatch RCAF R/120614 [Killed]
Navigator: Flying Officer Raymond Lamport Baumgarten RCAF J/14523 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Flight Sergeant Douglas Ray Horwood RCAF R/127814 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant William Leven RAFVR 1077731 [Killed]
Rear Gunner: Flight Sergeant Charles Clifford Hildreth RCAF R/145781 [Killed]

All lie at the Weerselo (Deurningen) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands (52.300839 / 6.838412)

 

[Lucky13]

Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:02:02
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration:HE295
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities:0
Aircraft Damage:Destroyed
Location:IJsselmeer 30 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland - Netherlands
Phase:Combat
Nature:Military
Departure Airport:RAF Hemswell, UK
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: BH-P
Takeoff time: 00:29

Crew:
Pilot: Sergeant Stanislaw Werner PAF [Killed]
Navigator: Flying Officer Rudolf Tabaczynski PAF [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Sergeant Henryk Szymanowicz PAF [Killed]
Wireless Operator: Sergeant Henryk Lercel PAF [Killed]
Rear Gunner: Flight Sergeant Mieczyslaw Galas PAF [Killed]

All are commemorated at the Polish Memorial, Northolt (51.548730 / -0.400127)

 

[Lucky13]

Date: Thursday 13 May 1943
Time: 03:28
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE157
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: Noordschans, municipality Klundert, Noord-Brabant - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Dishforth (EGXD)
Destination Airport: RAF Dishforth (EGXD)
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Karl Leopold of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OW-
Takeoff time: 23:49

Crew:
Pilot: Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Franklin Fighter RCAF R/106603 [Killed]
Navigator: Flying Officer George McMillan RCAF J/14772 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer: Flight Sergeant David Chester Maxwell RCAF R/125618 [Killed]
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant Eric William Betts RAFVR 1219830 [Killed]
Rear Gunner: Flying Officer Howard Ralph Drake RCAF J/14815 [Killed]

All the casualties lie at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920)

 

[Lucky13]

Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/Operator: 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE656
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Location: sea off Sotteville-sur-Mer - France
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Dalton, North Yorkshire
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Wellington HE656 Took off 23:45hrs 12 May 1943 from RAF Dalton for raid on Duisburg. Heard three times between 0324 and 0404 when its position was fixed at 5003N 0110E (12 miles north-north-east of Dieppe).

Missing during raid on Duisburg, no further details. 13.5.1943
Crash location now established as sea off Sotteville-sur-Mer, France.

Crew:
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Walter Edward Mann RCAF R/107981 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Wallace Wesley O'Brien RCAF J/14520 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Linwood Alton Dingley RCAF J/20822 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Paul Grant Kelly RCAF J/19451 (NCO:R/116759) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Edward Lundy RCAF R/91200 (Officer:J/91200 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 October, 1939) [Killed]

All lie at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer, France (49.896208 / 1.033178)