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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941 at 2318 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE152
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2045LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Alan Wilfred Thompson, pilot,
P/O Herbert James Cook, observer,
Sgt Eric Dyer, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter McBeth, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE126
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
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 in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Duncan Henry Barrett, pilot,
P/O Bernard Maurice Fournier, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest Richard Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Watson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Ameland Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0029 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1614
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2315LT on July 14 on an operation to Bremen. While flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Victor Kingsley Brown, pilot,
Sgt Maxwell Ritchie Collins,
Sgt Joseph Shield Else,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Hull, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William George Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Taylor.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ameland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5852
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 0515LT on an operation over the North Sea. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed off Ameland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Frank Culley, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Herbert Anderson,
Sgt Frank Elliott.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941 at 0505 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD866
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of July 3 on an operation to Bremen. The following morning, while returning to base and cruising along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Cross,
Sgt Edward Ryder Foster,
F/Sgt Gordon Cedric Marsh,
Sgt Douglas Macdonald Napier.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Ameland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0243 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6664
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2098
YOM:
1941
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2243LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Do.215 and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/S L. Hird,
Sgt Archibald William Adams,
Sgt Ronald Stanley Green,
Sgt Edward Robert Ingram,
Sgt Kenneth Ivor Jones.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Ameland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 0257 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6671
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2105
YOM:
1941
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2213LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Rowland Bradford,
Sgt Edmund Joseph Conry,
Sgt David William Griffiths,
F/Sgt William Kelly,
Sgt Reginald Ormsby Rintoul.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 0158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2202LT on June 18 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. Four crew members were killed and two others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jozef Domanski, pilot, †
Sgt Piotr Ryszard Bankowski, air gunner, †
Sgt W Sieczka, †
Sgt W Paleniczek, †
Sgt Stanisław Jan Winek,
P/O Wiktor Cebrzynski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ameland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3707
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1405LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Eric Green,
Sgt Stanley Parr,
P/O George Eric Joseph Rushbrooke.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1940 at 1645 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
L4472
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
8333
YOM:
1939
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Coates to bomb enemy cruiser. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by Flak and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stuart Percival Woollatt, pilot,
F/O David James Theodore Lusk, navigator,
AC1 Sidney William Mills, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Myles Joseph Delahunty, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Flak.
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