Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hoogkarspel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 0058 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R1696
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston in the evening of June 18 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in Hoogkarspel. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Kazimierz Zerebecki, †
F/Lt Kazimierz Jakłewicz,
W/O Stanisław Lewek,
W/O Eugeniusz Olenym,
Sgt Eryk Alfred Debkowski,
Sgt H. Rogowski. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hoogkarspel: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0257 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AD900
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of May 11 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hoogkarspel. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Colin Guy Champion Rawlins, pilot,
P/O Reginald Frank John Featherstone, observer,
Sgt Stanley Albert Taylor, wireless operator, †
P/O Reginald Herbert Vaughan, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.