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Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942 at 2205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7433
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 1910LT on a mine laying operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Stanley Partridge, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Henry George Webster, pilot,
F/Sgt Kenneth Ashurst, navigator,
F/Sgt Anthony Lionel Ely Johnston, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Wendell Wilburn Fairbrother, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur George Edward Pearce, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Frederick George Rackstraw, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1942 at 1324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM617
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
414-2699
YOM:
1941
Location:
Schiermonnikoog 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 North Coates on a maritime patrol flight. While flying along the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 15 km off Schiermonnikoog Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Ryan McCulloch, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Nelson Palmer, observer,
Sgt Arthur Kenneth Cobb, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie James Hodson, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1604 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE306
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Terschelling
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 Skellingthorpe at 1211LT on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Newbald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Edward Carroll, observer,
Sgt Arnold Geoffrey Bocock, radio operator,
F/Sgt John Stables, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1509 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD824
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Terschelling
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 North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Norman Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Roy Furnivall Thompson,
Sgt Robert Rowell, radio operator,
Sgt Lambert Philip Bow, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Cubitt Duce, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1502 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE392
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Terschelling
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 North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Wesley Kingston, pilot,
Sgt Robert Cecil William De Courcy, observer,
Sgt Alfred Gibson, radio operator,
Sgt Andrew Fulton, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Tobin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Schiermonnikoog Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9283
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
MSN:
2347
YOM:
1941
Location:
Schiermonnikoog Island
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 Dalton at 1701LT on an operation to Emden. While flying along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the sea some 50 km off Schiermonnikoog Island. Lost without trace. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Robert Kenneth Craig,
Sgt John Toker Clough Hazledine,
Sgt Peter May,
Sgt John Douglas White,
Sgt Joseph Greenwood Wilson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Schiermonnikoog Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9423
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2401
YOM:
1942
Location:
Schiermonnikoog Island
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 Dishforth at 1712LT on an operation to Emden. While flying along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the sea some 50 km off Schiermonnikoog Island. Lost without trace. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William John Atwell,
Sgt Hugh Stainger Brown,
F/Sgt Henry Grey-Noble,
Sgt Norman Stead,
P/O John Frederick Wright.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2238 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z9311
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2375
YOM:
1941
Location:
Terschelling
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 Dishforth at 1734LT on an operation to Emden. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea some 40 km west of Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Joseph Clarke,
F/Sgt Bernard Leslie Hart,
Sgt Donald Arthur Richards,
P/O Bernard Sides,
Sgt Norman Viner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1942 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT130
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Sexbierum
Friesland
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 Waddington at 1725LT on an operation to Emden. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in a field in Sexbierum. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Victor Thomas Lawrence Wood, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Delargy Grealy, observer,
Sgt David Gardiner Semple, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Lewis Bott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jan 20, 1942 at 2204 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1110
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Terschelling
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 on an operation to Emden. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Lewis Chapman,
P/O Colin Hubert Curtis,
Sgt Francis Ernest Dunn,
Sgt Alan Herbert Hancox,
Sgt Herbert William Mantle,
Sgt Arthur Sidney Spackman.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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