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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6754
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2142
YOM:
1941
Location:
Buggenum
Limburg
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 2305LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Hamish Malet-Warden, pilot,
Sgt John Clifford Beardmore, pilot,
Sgt Anthony John Rylands Millard-Tucker, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henderson Pepper Buchanan, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Ohé en Laak: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6577
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2048
YOM:
1941
Location:
Ohé en Laak
Limburg
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 2252LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Ohé en Laak. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Leonard Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Anthony Sherman, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Jopling, observer,
Sgt Douglas Anderson Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Farmbrough Hawkes, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Lottum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6794
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2154
YOM:
1941
Location:
Lottum
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2209LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110. It is reported that at least four crew members bailed out, but Stg Sewell's parachute failed to deploy. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Harry Lager, pilot, †
Sgt Vernon Young Hodgson Sewell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Edward Fulkerson,
Sgt Jacques Meyers,
Sgt Simon Shapiro.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6805
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2165
YOM:
1941
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
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 Leeming at 2203LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Phillip Calvert,
W/O A. E. King,
F/Sgt Alexander Bruce Anthony Robertson,
W/O Basil Sidney Craske.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ophoven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Roggel
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2334LT on August 16 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ophoven. Five crew members were killed and sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Aloysius Casey, observer, †
Sgt Gerald Crane, air gunner, †
P/O Norman Dotchin, pilot, †
F/O Geoffrey Lloyd Wells, †
Sgt Frederick Walter York, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Meirion Williams.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Meijel

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0141 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Meijel
Limburg
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 2220LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meijel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Birtwhistle,
Sgt Jack Harker,
Sgt Robert George Woodwards,
P/O Terence Myles Robinson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
AW214
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
9921
YOM:
1941
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
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 Thorney Island on a mine laying operation off Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Schelde Estuary off Vlissingen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Fletcher Binns,
Sgt David Adams Campbell,
P/O Ian Good Mitchell,
Sgt Thomas Penrice.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-1 in Wijdewormer

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 1940 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
F8+IN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
5085
YOM:
1941
Location:
Wijdewormer
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 was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in an open field located in Wijdewormer. All four crew members were rescued.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0448 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6829
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2189
YOM:
1941
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
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 Topcliffe at 2218LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following morning and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed into the sea some 8 km west-southwest of Terschelling. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Keith Powell, pilot, †
P/O Wadya Wellesley Bell-Towers, †
F/Sgt Louis Edward David Lindsay, wireless operator, †
Sgt Richard Thomas Philp, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Walace Penn,
Sgt Thomas Albert Vermiglio.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Workum: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1016
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Workum
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2145LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak. The starboard engine caught fire and the airplane was ditched in the IJsselmeer off Workum. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Harvey Molyneux Barton, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril Davies,
Sgt Herbert Dodsworth,
Sgt James Douglas Elder,
Sgt Ernest William McConchie,
Sgt John William Whittingham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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