Heeze | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1700LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Heeze. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Thomas Purdy, pilot, †
Sgt Maxwell Joseph Cronin, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Frederick Aldous, wireless operator, †
Sgt Walter James Poulton, air gunner, †
F/O Ronald Cave Scarlett, †
Sgt Stanley Barraclough.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Heeze: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0219 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6488

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Dishforth – Dishforth

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2000

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2200LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near Heeze. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Haines, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Jack Allen,
P/O Francis Theophilus Clayton,
Sgt Peter E. Tripp,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Brooke Ward.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Heeze

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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T2880

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach in the evening of July 7 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in Heeze and was damaged beyond repair. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Douglas Agrell,
P/O Donald Allan Elliott,
Sgt Frederick Alwyn Hard,
Sgt Walter Kershaw,
P/O Eric Arthur Masters,
Sgt Martin Johann Platz.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Heeze

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0200 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6752

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2140

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2240LT on July 6 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Heeze. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Henry Alderton,
Sgt Denis Bradley,
Sgt Stephen Albert Evans,
F/Lt Jack Edward Simmonds.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Heeze: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941 at 0115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD914

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heeze. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Stanley Bagnall, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Edward Bowering, pilot,
Sgt William Hamilton Lapsley, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian Leslie Toynton Reis, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.