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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ophoven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Roggel
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2334LT on August 16 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ophoven. Five crew members were killed and sixth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O William Aloysius Casey, observer, †
Sgt Gerald Crane, air gunner, †
P/O Norman Dotchin, pilot, †
F/O Geoffrey Lloyd Wells, †
Sgt Frederick Walter York, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Meirion Williams.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1941 at 0141 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE134
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Meijel
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 Coningsby at 2220LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meijel. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Birtwhistle,
Sgt Jack Harker,
Sgt Robert George Woodwards,
P/O Terence Myles Robinson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1222
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Nederweert
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 Marham at 2301LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Nederweert. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Palmer, pilot,
F/Sgt Neil Caldwell Cook, pilot,
Sgt William James Howard Hartry, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Patrick Campbell, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Thomson McDonald, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Fullard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1536
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Roggel
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 Marham at 2315LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Roggel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leslie William Parfitt, pilot,
F/Lt John Stokes, pilot,
Sgt John Harold Storey, observer,
Sgt Albert Glover, wireless operator,
Sgt Fred Wood, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry David Patrick Dyer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Mook: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9521
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Mook
Limburg
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2233LT on July 8 on an operation to Merseburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the city of Mook. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW. Four people (Dutch civilians) on the ground were also killed.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Eric Henry Coleman, †
F/Sgt Albert Edward Hammond, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Arthur Parkes, †
F/Sgt George Donald Barry,
Sgt Lionel William Bovington,
Sgt Henry Septimus Bradbeer,
Sgt Archie Robert Kiddey.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Velden: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6666
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
2100
YOM:
1941
Location:
Velden
Limburg
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2245LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Velden. All five crew members bailed out but the parachute of Sgt Caine failed to open. He was killed while four other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Michael Caine, air gunner, †
F/Sgt James Samuel Cameron,
Sgt Lyndon Embra Carden,
Sgt Jack Gutteridge,
Sgt Alfred William Rigling.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD937
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Meerssen
Limburg
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 Hemswell at 2300LT on July 7 on an operation to Mönchengladbach. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meerssen, south of Maastricht Airport. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Glyndwr Owens, pilot, †
P/O John Geden North Braithwaite, observer,
Sgt Joseph Frank Walton, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Raymond Wordsworth, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1040
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Maastricht
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 Honington at 2340LT on July 7 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Maastricht. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Douglas James Jamieson, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred George Jesson, pilot,
P/O Grossett Keith Coates, pilot,
Sgt Cyril George Blandon, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Walter Harding, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stanley Burnside, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941 at 0103 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6558
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2029
YOM:
1941
Location:
Itteren
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 Middleton St George at 2324LT on July 2 on an operation to Cologne. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Itteren, north of Maastricht. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Jepson, pilot,
P/O Gerald Moore Kennedy, observer,
Sgt George Alfred Avory, wireless operator,
Sgt John French Hollingworth, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941 at 0119 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4233
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1906
YOM:
1940
Location:
Diergaarde
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 Topcliffe at 2258LT on June 30 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the south of Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Diergaarde, east of Maastricht. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Bruckshaw, pilot,
F/O Arthur Leslie Pullen, pilot,
Sgt Frank Gerald Coulby, observer,
Sgt John Cruikshanks Newlands, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Sills, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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