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Europe

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

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1941 at 0018 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
AD912
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Asten
North Brabant
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 Scampton at 2015LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Asten. The pilot was killed and three other occupants were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Eric Peter Willcox, pilot, †
Sgt Harry Cecil Gabbitas,
Sgt Jack Lawrence,
F/Lt Douglas Bruce Organ.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Amstelveen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941 at 2336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5525
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
Location:
Amstelveen
North 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 Bircham Newton on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Amstelveen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Aloysius Crosbie, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Cruickshank Hyslop, pilot,
Sgt Alan Harry Peek, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Rilland: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1213
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Rilland
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2031LT on August 28 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it encountered stormy weather, was struck by lightning and crashed. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Harry Figg, observer, †
Sgt John Grassom, wireless operator, †
Sgt Hugh Alphonsus Kelly, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gregory Percival Williams, †
Sgt Harry Dunn,
P/O William Robinson Oldfield.
Probable cause:
Crashed after being struck by lightning.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Sint-Annaland: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1604
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Sint-Annaland
Zeeland
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 Stradishall in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Sint-Annaland, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Wilson Foxlee, pilot,
Sgt John Henry Williamson, pilot,
Sgt John Edward Jerrard, observer,
Sgt Ernest Halestrap, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Klusky, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Morris, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
During 1972 the RNethAF excavated wreckage from this bomber after which it was suggested its demise may have been caused by a lightning strike.

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

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD971
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Texel Island
North Holland
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 Scampton in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Pinckney Pratt, pilot,
P/O Harry Clifford Tonge, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Charles Willis, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Hodkinson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE126
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ameland 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 Scampton in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Duncan Henry Barrett, pilot,
P/O Bernard Maurice Fournier, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest Richard Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Watson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Texel Island

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE193
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Texel Island
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2330LT on August 28 on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it suffered an engine failure and ditched into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Luke,
Sgt Eric Robert Holmes Lyon,
Sgt Geoffrey Bryon Stanton,
Sgt Richard John Kenneth Woodroofe.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Rotterdam: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 2025 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5825
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Rotterdam
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1445LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the harbor of Rotterdam. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Jervis Somerfield, †
F/Lt William Beckingham,
F/Lt William Logie MacDonald.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Rotterdam

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 2023 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7289
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Rotterdam
South Holland
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 Wattisham at 1430LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and crash landed in Kethel, in the suburb of Rotterdam. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Fitzroy Montague Veich Johnstone,
Sgt R. Evans,
Sgt Reginald George Drake.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Maassluis: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 2010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6436
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Maassluis
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 Watton at 1447LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Maassluis, west of Rotterdam. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frank Kerr Orme, pilot,
P/O Stanley Frederick Maude Gunnis, observer,
F/O Albert Henry Collins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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