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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Cadzand: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
L9623
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Cadzand
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2356LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cadzand. A crew was killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Ronald Senior, pilot,
Sgt Hessel, flight engineer,
Sgt Griffiths, navigator,
Sgt Hampton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Hedger, wireless operator,
P/O Collar, air gunner,
Sgt John Whitfield, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cadzand: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6337
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Cadzand
Zeeland
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 West Raynham at 2241LT on June 1st on an operation to the Bonn-Hangelar Airfield. Shortly after midnight, while approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Cadzand. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Leonard Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Muirhead McIntosh, observer,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Fussey, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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