Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Hoek van Holland: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1941 at 1220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5520
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an anti-shipping mission. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Hoek van Holland. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Sydney George Collier, pilot,
Sgt John Mingham, observer,
F/Sgt William Powell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Hoek van Holland: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1941 at 1220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5687
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an anti-shipping mission. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Hoek van Holland. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O H. D. Norton, pilot,
Sgt W. Flury, observer,
Sgt J. J. Hulme, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Hoek van Holland: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1941 at 1220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6097
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an anti-shipping mission. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Hoek van Holland. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Badland, pilot,
Sgt Albert Horace Henry Hazell, observer,
Sgt Ronald Towns Henderson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Hoek van Holland: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941 at 1852 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z6085
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1540LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea, some 10 km west of Hoek van Holland. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anthony William Bright Newman, pilot,
Sgt Harry Wwillis, observer,
Sgt Victor Sydney Key, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Hoek van Holland: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941 at 1852 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9404
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1540LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea, some 10 km west of Hoek van Holland. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cecil Roy Evans, pilot,
Sgt Eric Harold Harvey, observer,
Sgt George Sutherland Murray MacLeod, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Hoek van Holland: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1940 at 0755 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9324
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Manston on an escort mission to the Netherlands. The airplane was seen with its starboard engine on fire when it crashed in Hoek van Holland, south from The Hague. all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Norman A. L. Smith, pilot,
Sgt John C. Robertson, observer,
LAC Thomas J. Lowry, wireless operator and air gunner.