Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Rosmalen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1942 at 0255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8585
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Rosmalen
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0043LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rosmalen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gilbert Carrington Keats, pilot,
P/O Harold Shaw, observer,
Sgt Peter MacDougall Spence, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Ernest Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Bernard John Miller, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-4 in Rosmalen

Date & Time: May 10, 1940 at 0415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
5J+JN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Fassberg - Fassberg
Location:
Rosmalen
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a night bombing mission over Netherlands, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Dutch fighter and crash landed in a field. All four crew members were rescued, among them one was seriously injured.
Crew:
Uffz H. Zitzmann,
Uffz G. Klenk,
Uffz W. Wiebke,
Gefr R. Schlegel.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Dutch fighter.
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