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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1333
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Alphen
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton to bomb oil installations in Leuna. After being hit by enemy fire, it crash landed in Alphen. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Henry Butcher,
Sgt Kenneth Nalton Farrow,
Sgt Frederick Lindesay,
Sgt Maurice George Percy Stretton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Alphen

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1940 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
A1+?T
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lille - Lille
Location:
Alphen
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While cruising at night, the pilot got lost and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in a field located in Alphen and was destroyed by a post crash fire. All four crew members survived.
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