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Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Veulen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1941 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
V4+NW
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Münster
MSN:
5435
Location:
Veulen
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a transit flight to Münster-Handorf Airport, the crew encountered icing conditions when the airplane went out of control and crashed in Veulen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt J. Stürzer, pilot,
Ogfr H. Strodl, bomb aimer,
Gfr E. Günther, radio operator,
Ogfr H. Kadner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Icing.

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

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE433
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Rinkesfort
Limburg
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 Syerston at 1719LT on an operation to Essen. In the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rinkesfort. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander John Gallan,
P/O Edwin Lee Houghton,
P/O John Collin Monkhouse,
Sgt John Edward Woodward.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E in Mheer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
0114
YOM:
1941
Location:
Mheer
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to its base at Soesterberg following an operation to England when it ran out of fuel and crashed in Mheer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt F. Trottmann, pilot,
Uffz K. Fischer, observer,
Uffz W. Kleinat, radio operator,
Ogfr A. Hofmann, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 2117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9978
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Grevenbricht
Limburg
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 at 1835LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Grevenbicht, near the border with Belgium. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Neville John Lewery, pilot,
P/O Keith John Miller, pilot,
Sgt David Walter Jennings, observer,
Sgt Ernest Tastard Christie, wireless operator,
Sgt George William Turner Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Brynmor Samuel Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Ysselsteyn: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE187
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ysselsteyn
Limburg
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 2015LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Ysselsteyn. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Adrian John Somerville-Woodiwis, pilot,
F/Sgt Ralph Cuthbert Plaistowe, pilot,
Sgt James Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Buist Scott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Nederweert

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1941 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6505
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2017
YOM:
1941
Location:
Nederweert
Limburg
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 Dishforth at 2059LT on August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed some 5 km southeast of Nederweert. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Charles W. King,
Sgt Alfred Roger Lacharite,
Sgt Cecil James Powell,
F/O Eric Roy Templer,
Sgt V. Thompson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Haelen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9704
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Haelen
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2329LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Haelen. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Christian Lynn, pilot, †
P/O Michael Isaac Archibald Mendoza, air gunner, †
Sgt John William Rae Culpan,
P/O Ralph Reynolds Henderson,
Sgt Cecil George Jones,
Sgt Kenneth Kingsley Sterrett.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6754
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2142
YOM:
1941
Location:
Buggenum
Limburg
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 Middleton St George at 2305LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Hamish Malet-Warden, pilot,
Sgt John Clifford Beardmore, pilot,
Sgt Anthony John Rylands Millard-Tucker, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henderson Pepper Buchanan, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Ohé en Laak: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6577
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2048
YOM:
1941
Location:
Ohé en Laak
Limburg
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 Middleton St George at 2252LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Ohé en Laak. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Leonard Olsen, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Anthony Sherman, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Jopling, observer,
Sgt Douglas Anderson Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Farmbrough Hawkes, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Lottum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6794
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2154
YOM:
1941
Location:
Lottum
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2209LT on August 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110. It is reported that at least four crew members bailed out, but Stg Sewell's parachute failed to deploy. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Harry Lager, pilot, †
Sgt Vernon Young Hodgson Sewell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jack Edward Fulkerson,
Sgt Jacques Meyers,
Sgt Simon Shapiro.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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