Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Camperduin: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LL744
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Camperduin
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft was involved in a bombing mission to Braunschweig when approaching the Dutch coast, it went out of control and crashed into the North Sea, some 10 km off Camperduin. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Duggan,
Sgt E. Hopkinson,
W/O F. M. Linton,
F/S K. G. Lawrence,
Sgt W. E. McIllwaine,
Sgt C. Reid,
F/L George Charles Startin.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Camperduin: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1942 at 2053 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF396
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Camperduin
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Newmarket in the evening on a flight to Wolfsburg, Germany, to bomb a Volkswagen factory. While approaching the Dutch coast by night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea few miles off shore. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (75th Squadron):
W/C V. Mitchell,
W/O T. H. Bagnall,
Sgt R. Hart,
W/O R. W. Pearson,
Sgt G. T. Padden,
Sgt S. J. Goff,
Sgt A. H. Rider,
F/S A. C. W. Parker.

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

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941 at 1253 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6250
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
Camperduin
North Holland
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 Horsham St Faith at 1145LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Camperduin. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Dorsan Baker,
Sgt William Charles Kenneth Bounds,
P/O Leonard Frederick Evans.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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