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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0459 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8845
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Terwispel
Friesland
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 Honington at 2030LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Terwispel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Cyril Saich, pilot,
Sgt Robert Arthur Banks, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Basil Lowe, observer,
Sgt William Ronald Balls, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Trott, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Scotland MacDonald, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Terwispel

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6842
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2202
YOM:
1941
Location:
Terwispel
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2202LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in Terwispel. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Alderton,
Sgt John Douglas Hamilton,
Sgt Kenneth George Lewis,
P/O David Noel Sampson,
Sgt Norman William John Scott.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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