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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Loenen: 9 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0305 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3673
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Loenen
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 0035LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed three km west of Loenen. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George William Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Ronald Max Disley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Andrew Cross, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Francis Hooper Tuck, flight engineer,
P/O Albert John Rampton, observer,
Sgt Harry Walter Trevor Bidgood, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Carl Stuart CAarruthers, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald McCallum, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Leonard Hartley Phillips, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Lichtenvoorde: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1942 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AT122
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Lichtenvoorde
Gelderland
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 at 1800LT on an operations to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Lichtenvoorde. All four crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Robert Vincent Selfe, pilot,
F/Sgt Joseph Alfred Jacobson, observer,
Sgt Duncan Edward Hodgkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney George Harding, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Gaanderen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 2311 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD804
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Gaanderen
Gelderland
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 North Luffenham on an operation to Hüls. Damaged by a German fighter, it crash landed in Gaanderen, southeast of Doetinchem. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Rowland Cheesman, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Edwin Barnett,
Sgt William Gilbey,
Sgt Thomas Samuel Jones.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Winterswijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1165
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Balderton - Balderton
Location:
Winterswijk
Gelderland
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 Balderton at 1855LT on an operation to Hüls. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Winterswijk. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stuart Bruce Keith Brackenbury, pilot,
Sgt Desmond William Thane, observer, †
Sgt Peter Frederick Issac, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Theodore Williams, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9977
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
IJzevoorde
Gelderland
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 Feltwell on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in IJzevoorde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Sidney Nunn, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Young Wyllie, pilot,
Sgt Richard Dundas, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Edison Elliott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alfred Hubert Harrison, wireless operator,
Sgt William Massey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Rozendaal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0002 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9603
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Rozendaal
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2007LT on 'Rover' patrol mission. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the Imbos Forest near Rozendaal. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Whitaker, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Rees Thomas, flight engineer, †
Sgt Robert Ferguson Thompson, air gunner, †
Sgt Richard Roye Drummond,
Sgt Arthur Roy Kilminster,
F/O Maurice Osborne Stephens,
F/Sgt Charles Witcher.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Hengelo

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0405 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6045
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Hengelo
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hengelo. All eight crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Stanley Aynsley,
Sgt John Edward Dodd,
Sgt Herbert John Dunnett,
Sgt Robert Harper,
Sgt Robert David Hooley,
Sgt William Craig Moir,
F/Lt Richard Patrick Wallace-Tarry,
Sgt Richard Bernard Pape.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Haarlo
Gelderland
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 Feltwell in the evening on an operation to Hüls. Shortly before midnight, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Haarlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Edward Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Peter Simpson Dickson Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Robert Michael Minchin, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Bearne, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt William John Barker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Haarlo: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6824
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2184
YOM:
1941
Location:
Haarlo
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1954LT on an operation to Hüls. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Haarlo. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Alexander John Hannigan, pilot, †
Sgt David Thomas, pilot,
P/O Norman Woodward, observer, †
Sgt Charles Max Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ernest Charles Edward Myers, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1941 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6478
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1990
YOM:
1940
Location:
Oldebroekse Heide
Gelderland
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 Leeming at 1949LT on an operation to Hüls. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on an artillery practice range operated by the Wehrmacht near Oldebroek. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Forbes Laurie-Dickson, pilot,
Sgt Aubrey Poupard, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Hector Wilson, observer,
Sgt Pine Tenga Takarangi, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert John Garrod, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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