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Friesland

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
W6486
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
9491
YOM:
1940
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Coates to search for enemy shipping. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Francis Joseph Kelly, pilot,
P/O Ian MacLean, observer,
Sgt Ernest George Abraham, wireless operator,
Sgt Louis Alfred Arrighi, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Terschelling: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1941 at 1327 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3604
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1109LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the crew of a Minesweeper and crashed in the North Sea off Terschelling. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Henderson Kelly, pilot,
Sgt Graham Robert Wilson, observer,
Sgt Singleton Wilson Adair, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2973
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Herbert Brown, pilot,
Sgt John Adam Ferguson,
Sgt Edward Anthony Rands,
Sgt Robert Gilmour Young.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Terschelling: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9469
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Terschelling. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Henry Robinson, pilot,
P/O Alexander Livingstone McLaggan, observer,
Sgt Leslie John Horton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Terschelling: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1940 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3836
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Detling - Detling
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Terschelling, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O David Bayntun Starky, pilot,
Sgt Harry Walter Hunt, observer,
Sgt Bartholomew Moriarty, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Terschelling: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1940 at 1411 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
F6+?H
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Münster - Münster
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into Wadden Lake off Terschelling. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Uffz R. Krulich, pilot,
Lt F. Meyer, observer,
Uffz W. Hobel, radio operator,
Uffz H. Künze, flight engineer. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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