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Europe

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0559 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD936
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Amsterdam
North Holland
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 North Luffenham in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and a fuel leak ensued. Two crew members bailed out, one became PoW and the second was killed. While returning to base and flying over the Netherlands, the airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot made an emergency landing in a field located in Buikslotermeer, in the suburb of Amsterdam. Both crew members became PoW as well.
Crew:
Sgt Ivor Roderick Fraser, †
P/O Peter Stevens,
Sgt Harry Thompson,
Sgt Alan Wakefield Payne.
Probable cause:
Shot down

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Dordrecht

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8328
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Dordrecht
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2150LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Dordrecht. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
SL Samuel Spencer Fielden, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Victor Johnston,
Sgt Leslie Roland Lanfear,
Sgt Ronald Ledgerwood,
P/O William Jeffrey Peat,
Sgt Alexander Henderson Smith.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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 a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Drachtstercompagnie: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0458 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1798
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Drachtstercompagnie
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 Marham at 2023LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Drachtstercompagnie. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Gerald O'hara Keating, pilot,
Sgt Ian Patrick Mchaffie Gordon, pilot,
P/O Roy Le Masurier Cox, observer,
Sgt George Alfred Cook, wireless operator,
Sgt John Gordon Selley, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Alphonsus Baty, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Hengelo

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0405 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6045
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Hengelo
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hengelo. All eight crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Stanley Aynsley,
Sgt John Edward Dodd,
Sgt Herbert John Dunnett,
Sgt Robert Harper,
Sgt Robert David Hooley,
Sgt William Craig Moir,
F/Lt Richard Patrick Wallace-Tarry,
Sgt Richard Bernard Pape.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I on Ameland Island

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7380
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Ameland Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. At 2355LT, whilst outbound over the North Sea, it was damaged by a German fighter. The crew managed to reach Wilhelmshaven, where the bomb load was jettisoned, before turning for home. It subsequently force-landed on Ameland Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred John Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frank Hall,
Sgt Douglas Kingston,
Sgt Ronald Bruce MacLeod,
Sgt Erie Sinclair Miller,
Sgt Cottrell Samuel Powell.
Probable cause:
Damaged by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7306
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Scheveningen
South Holland
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 Wattisham at 1130LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Donald Fieldman, pilot,
Sgt Frank Kent Phillips, observer,
Sgt John Herbert Carr, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7312
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Scheveningen
South Holland
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 Wattisham at 1130LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Clarence Edward Charles Haggitt, pilot,
P/O Robert Francis Bennett,
F/O Charles Douglas Ramsay.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Bergum: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6881
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2222
YOM:
1941
Location:
Bergum
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 2037LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 over the Netherlands and crashed in Bergum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Francis Bernard Thorpe, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Vincent Matheson, pilot,
Sgt David Victor Logan, observer,
Sgt Geoffrey Carman, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles James Storer, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Vortum-Mullem: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0107 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6970
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2252
YOM:
1941
Location:
Vortum-Mullem
North Brabant
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 Topcliffe at 2105LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vortum-Mullem. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Colmer Eyre, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Albert Stock, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Pearson Withyman, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas McGill, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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