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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-6 in Eindhoven: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941 at 0318 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+??
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
0521
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to base following an operation in England. After being damaged by enemy fire, it crashed on approach to Eindhoven Airport. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Walter Siefert, pilot,
Uffz Peter Hansen, observer, †
Fw Oskar Haug, observer,
Ernst Bargmann, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Damaged by enemy fire.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Borkel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941 at 0316 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6657
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2091
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlights then shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Borkel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Edward Snyder, pilot,
F/Sgt Herbert Hannay, pilot,
Sgt James Edward Gittins, observer,
Sgt John Bradshaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Gerrard Humble, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Schaijk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9281
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Schaijk. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Aitken Barron, pilot, †
Sgt John Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Hibbin, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Adam Smith Reid, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Wrightson Hall,
Sgt Douglas Hamilton Harley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Woensdrecht

Date & Time: May 10, 1941 at 0253 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1447
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2226LT on May 9 on an operation to Mannheim. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Woensdrecht. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Baines,
Sgt H. Barnes,
Sgt Hugh Edward Young Gillies,
F/O Marcus Maskell Marsh,
Sgt Bernard Langton Tillotson,
P/O Ivan Kenneth Woddroffe.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Budel: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1941 at 0415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1214
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2140LT on May 2 on an operation to Emden. The following night, while passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Budel. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Mieczyslaw Jozef Ryszkiewicz, air gunner, †
P/O Waclaw Malak, navigator, †
P/O A. Jastrzebski,
W/O T. Kasprzyk,
W/O T. Zuk,
F/O J. Nogall.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Etten-Leur: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3Z+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Laon - Laon
MSN:
8214
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The bomber suffered an engine failure and crash landed in Etten-Leur. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Ofw E. Frühbrod, pilot,
Ogfr H. Dinzel, observer,
Uffz E. Wilke, radio operator, †
Uffz K. Irrle, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in Dongen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1941 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R4+BL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0732
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Following a night takeoff from Gilze-Rijen AFB, while climbing, the bomber went out of control and crashed in Dongen, north of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Willi Keller, pilot,
Gefr Gerhard Wawra, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Heese, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1941 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7303
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Düsseldorf. While flying over the Netherlands, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The crew abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Bakel. A crew was killed as his parachute failed to open before impact. Five other occupants became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/L John Aloysius Siebert, pilot, †
Sgt P. C. Robson, pilot,
Sgt George Thomas John Fomison, observer,
Sgt James Arthur Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William John Jewell McDougall, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Gurnell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Helenaveen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1941 at 2305 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6470
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
1982
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1929LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Helenaveen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Kingsley Mills, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Frank Seager, pilot,
S/Lt P. S. Hoad, observer,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Francis Grunsell, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Mitchell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 in Eindhoven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
5K+?N
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Antwerp - Eindhoven
MSN:
2534
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on approach to Eindhoven Airport, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Best, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Lt H. Schramme, pilot,
Ogfr H. Stöver, observer,
Gfr M. Weisser, radio operator,
Gfr A. Limbeck, mechanic.