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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6819
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
2179
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 Dishforth at 2148LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base and passing along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Schiermonnikoog Island. All five crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt George Edward Bagshaw,
Sgt Stephen Philip Donoghue, observer,
Sgt Francis Gill, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Ryland Griffin, pilot,
Sgt Frank Brian Harris Wildgoose.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6842
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2202
YOM:
1941
Location:
Terwispel
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2202LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in Terwispel. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Alderton,
Sgt John Douglas Hamilton,
Sgt Kenneth George Lewis,
P/O David Noel Sampson,
Sgt Norman William John Scott.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941 at 1324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM672
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
MSN:
414-2754
YOM:
1941
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 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.
Probable cause:
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
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE303
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
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 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 Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3118
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
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 Scampton at 2330LT on August 7 on an operation to Essen. The following night, while passing over the Netherlands, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
F/Sgt Frederick John Wood, pilot,
P/O James Erskine Cunning,
Sgt William John Mackay,
Sgt Ellis Charles Matthewman.

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 Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I on Shiermonnikoog Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941 at 0357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD835
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Schiermonnikoog Island
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2205LT on July 25 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the island of Schiermonnikoog. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Nicholas Bailey Tate, pilot, †
Sgt Philip Harold Draper, observer,
Sgt Frank Lewis Thomas Ireson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edwin Marsden, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Easterwierrum: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1941 at 0354 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1397
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Easterwierrum
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 Elsham Wolds at 2340LT on July 24 on an operation to Emden. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the village of Easterwierrum. All six crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Mervyn Sydney Lund, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Edward Owen, pilot,
Sgt John James Cox, observer,
Sgt Alfred John Le Poidevin, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Penry Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Gordon Walker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Schiermonnikoog Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
W6533
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
9527
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 mine laying operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Alan James Boyse,
Sgt Alexander Pont,
Sgt Cecil Charles Procter,
Sgt Robert John Swain Wicks.

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

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941 at 0040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1718
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Lemmer
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 East Wretham at 2307LT on July 16 on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the IJsselmeer off Lemmer. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jiri Mares,
F/Lt Otakar Cerny,
Sgt Frantisek Knap,
Sgt Jaroslav Nyc,
Sgt Karel Stastny,
P/O Jaroslav Zafouk.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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