Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Goudswaard

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1940 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3211
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Goudswaard
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of December 29 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Goudswaard. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Douglas Newman,
P/O Robert Garth Stark,
Sgt Jack Middleton Garrett,
Sgt Sidney Laurence Spittle,
Sgt Manville Charles Fenn,
Sgt David Garrick Branscombe Protheroe.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-2 in Goudswaard

Date & Time: May 10, 1940 at 0415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
5J+BT
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Delmenhorst - Delmenhorst
MSN:
1591
YOM:
1936
Location:
Goudswaard
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to the German invasion of the Netherlands. While cruising at night, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the Dutch Flak. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. All four occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Hans-Werner Paas,
Ogefr Erich Stölzel,
Uffz Walter Hufnagel,
Uffz Franz Lewandowski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Flak.
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