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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Vlieland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6627
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2061
YOM:
1941
Location:
Vlieland Island
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 Leeming at 2229LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 60 km off Vlieland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Cyril John Bevan,
Sgt Rodney Victor Butcher,
F/Sgt George Bertram Lewis,
P/O Frank Wilson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Vlieland Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0251 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6555
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2026
YOM:
1941
Location:
Vlieland Island
Friesland
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 Middleton St George at 2303LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea some 60 km off Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Louis Byrne,
Sgt Clifford Mackenzie Martin,
P/O Herbert Hutin Mountain,
Sgt Oliver Wiley McLean,
Sgt Kenneth Noddle, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Vlieland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0056 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3139
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Vlieland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2240LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. Three crew members were killed and fourth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Charles Brutey, †
Sgt Malcolm Todd Matthews, †
Sgt Alexander MacPherson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Victor William Kent.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Vlieland Island

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941 at 1248 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6258
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
Vlieland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 0848LT to attack a power station located in Oldenburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and was ditched 60 km off Vlieland Island. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Fenton,
Sgt Alan Andrew Fuller,
Sgt Robert William McDonald.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Vlieland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5822
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Vlieland Island
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 Watton at 0705LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Eric Phillips Acton, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Jordan,
Sgt Cyril Francis Spouge.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Vlieland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6338
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Vlieland Island
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 Watton at 0705LT on an anti-shipping mission. It crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island, probably after being shot down by enemy fire. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
W/Cdr George Arthur Bartlett,
F/Sgt Peter Kershaw Eames,
F/O Arthur Frederick Stapley Winder.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the airplane was shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4382
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Vlieland Island
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 Lindholme at 2147LT for a night practice flight, but w/t signals received indicated that the aircraft was proceeding towards Vlieland Island. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O George Grant Kingsmill Nolan, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Shook, navigator,
Sgt Edward Stanislaws Quinn, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Milton Beattie, wireless operator and air gunner.
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