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Crash of a Boeing B-17G-5-BO in Schoonebeek: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 6, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-31135
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
6348
Location:
Schoonebeek
Drenthe
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, while overflying Holland, the aircraft was attacked by a German fighter. The captain ordered all occupants to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. The aircraft christened 'Susie Sag Tits' went out of control and crashed in an open field located some 2 km south of Schoonebeek. A crew was killed while all nine other occupants escaped unhurt.
Probable cause:
Shot down by fighter

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Schoonebeek: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE151
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Schoonebeek
Drenthe
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1210LT On an operation to Oldenburg. It is believed that it was hit by the German Flak over the target area, and while returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it crash landed in Schoonebeek. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Stanley Hartgroves, pilot,
P/O Anthony Carter, navigator, †
Sgt Ron Yearsley, wireless operator,
Sgt Doug Martin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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