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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Heeze: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0219 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2000
YOM:
1941
Location:
Heeze
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2200LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near Heeze. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Haines, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Jack Allen,
P/O Francis Theophilus Clayton,
Sgt Peter E. Tripp,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Brooke Ward.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Breedenbroek: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE120
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Breedenbroek
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2225LT on August 5 on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed onto a house located in Breedenbroek. All four crew members as well as two children in the house were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Leslie Knowles, pilot,
Sgt James Melvin MacIlwraith, observer,
F/Sgt Alexander Philip Price, wireless operator,
Sgt C. Rhodes, air gunner.
Those killed on ground were:
Gerda Johanna Lammers,
Hendrik Lammers.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 on Schouwe-Duiveland Island

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
5K+??
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
2884
Location:
Schouwen-Duiveland Island
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Due to a fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed on the island of Schouwe-Duiveland and was damaged beyond repair. The crew escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Stavoren: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 3, 1941 at 0034 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1800
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Stavoren
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 Oakington at 2248LT on August 2 on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some two km northwest of Stavoren. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Richard Davey,
Sgt Lawrence Hill,
Sgt Gordon Alan Smith,
Sgt Wilson Watson,
Sgt William Horace Walker, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Christopher Quinlan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Vlissingen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1941 at 1525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
X8919
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
MSN:
9541
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:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Manston on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances 11 km west of Vlissingen. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Howard Dulwich,
F/Lt Arthur Philip Culverwell,
W/O Harold Charles Friend,
W/O Ronald Tanfield.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1941 at 1416 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6026
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Den Helder
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 Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 10 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Kenyon Oswald Burt, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Ellis, observer,
F/Sgt Angus Douglas Willis Curr, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3568
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
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 Great Massingham at 1119LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed in the estuary of the Schelde off Vlissingen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Hugh Frederick Thomson, pilot,
P/O Alasdair Charles MacPherson, observer,
F/Sgt Leonard Charles Williams, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD784
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Haamstede
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 North Luffenham in the evening of July 30 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the Dutch coast, it went out of control and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Brook,
Sgt Peter Thomas Giblett,
P/O Charles Dale Hewson,
P/O Frank Edward Pratt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of poor weather conditions and not enemy action.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Zandvoort

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941 at 0540 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6029
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on the evening of July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning and after passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 40 km off Zandvoort. The crew drifted for six days before their dinghy came ashore in the area of Zandvoort.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Dennis Beecroft,
Sgt James Thomas Day,
Sgt Frank Smith,
F/Lt Thomas Henry Bryan Tayler,
F/Lt Frank Thompson,
Sgt Lawrence Crosby Titterton,
Sgt Haydn Neil Guymer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Ouddorp

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941 at 0525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6035
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Ouddorp
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2250LT on July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Ouddorp. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Cashman Allen,
Sgt Beresford Alister Archibald Joseph Fowler,
P/O Geoffrey Mason Fuller,
F/Lt Michael Colin Gordon Sherwood,
Sgt Robert Ivan Stone,
Sgt Thomas Farley Williams,
Sgt William Peter Wood.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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