Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Opperdoes: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1941 at 0224 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9620
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Opperdoes
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2305LT on July 24 on an operation to Emden. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Opperdoes. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Leszek Jerzy Karcxzewski,
Lt Jan H. G. Musial, pilot,
Maj Stanisław Wincenty Rzepa,
Sgt Bolesław Salamon,
Sgt Zygmunt Witkowski,
Pvt Zbigniew Zuwala.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Opperdoes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1941 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1326
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Opperdoes
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1911LT on an operation to Bremen. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near Opperdoes. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
F/O William Peter Crosse, pilot, †
Sgt John Henry Collopy, observer, †
Sgt William James Chamberlain, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ernest Joseph Coult, †
Sgt A. Parfitt,
Sgt A. C. Binnie.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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