Netherlands

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Plain, Valley

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Martlesham Heath - Martlesham Heath

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The airplane departed RAF Martlesham Heath at 1000LT on a fighter support mission. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Philippine. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
F/Lt Hugh Stewart Young, pilot,
Sgt John Albert Anderson, observer,
P/O Alexander Charles Rossiter, wireless operator.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941 at 1210 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T2437

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Plain, Valley

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney to attack the Quadrath Power Station in Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Strijensas. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Graham Cooper Rolland, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Bainbridge, observer,
P/O Hugh Maxwell Clark, observer.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in De Heen

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+EH

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0845

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The airplane was damaged in aerial combat and crash landed in an open field located in De Heen. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Cpt K. Hülshoff, pilot,
Ofw Meyer, radio operator,
Ofw Licht, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V5874

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0928LT to attack the Quadrath Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base and flying along the Dutch coast, it collided with high tension cables and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Wilmot Corfield, pilot,
P/O Arthur Lionel Alfred Williams, observer,
P/O Maurice Frederick Williams, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

In-flight collision with high tension cables.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941 at 1324 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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AM672

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

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414-2754

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1000LT on an anti-shipping operation off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Frederick Buck, pilot,
F/Lt Ian Patrick Magrath, pilot,
F/Sgt Lionel Hereville Wood, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Elmutt Stepney, wireless operator.

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shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1941 at 0559 LT

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AE303

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby in the evening of August 7 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea north of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Bernard Hunder Rodwell, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Percy Imison, navigator,
F/Sgt Maurice Charles Harvey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Ronald Bell, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Overasselt: 10 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1941 at 0237 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N3658

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Wyton - Wyton

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 7 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110, entered a dive and crashed onto a farm in Overasselt. All seven crew members as well as three occupants in the farm were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Vivian, pilot,
F/O Frank James Needham, pilot,
Sgt George Wilbert Jeffrey, observer,
Sgt John Turner Corbett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Alexander Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Leslie Rowley, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Henry Broyd, air gunner.
Those killed in the farm were:
Mr. Jan Welles,
Mrs. Marie Welles,
Mr. Jan Welles Jr.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1941

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X3118

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