Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Asten: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1941 at 0018 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
AD912
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Asten
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2015LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Asten. The pilot was killed and three other occupants were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Eric Peter Willcox, pilot, †
Sgt Harry Cecil Gabbitas,
Sgt Jack Lawrence,
F/Lt Douglas Bruce Organ.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Asten: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941 at 0233 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P5014
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1736
YOM:
1940
Location:
Asten
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2306LT on July 3 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Asten. The pilot was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Fraser Gibson, pilot, †
Sgt William Kenneth Hope Bowden,
Sgt Basil Arthur Cotton,
Sgt Norman Woodford Davies,
Sgt Arthur Lakin.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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