Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Callantsoog: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1146
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Callantsoog
North Holland
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 Mildenhall at 1700LT on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Callantsoog. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Arthur Laing, pilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hyde Stewart Ross, copilot,
P/O Walter Frederick Bond, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph William Poirier, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Rowsell, wireless operator,
P/O Gordon Kenneth Armstrong, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Callantsoog: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 0756 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9154
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2288
YOM:
1941
Location:
Callantsoog
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Callantsoog. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alfred Ronald Robbins, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur William Cooper, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Alexander Walter Hamilton, wireless operator, †
P/O Donald Smith McDonald, †
Sgt W. H. Sproule.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Callantsoog: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1941 at 2246 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1649
YOM:
1939
Location:
Callantsoog
North Holland
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 1755LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While flying over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Callantsoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Edgar Peers, pilot,
Sgt Howard Piper Shipley, pilot,
P/O Melville Percy Griffiths, observer,
Sgt Robert James Couser, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Fortune Jamieson Duncan, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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