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The airplane was damaged in aerial combat and crash landed in an open field located in De Heen. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Cpt K. Hülshoff, pilot,
Ofw Meyer, radio operator,
Ofw Licht, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Heeze: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0219 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6488

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Dishforth – Dishforth

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2000

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2200LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed near Heeze. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Haines, observer, †
Sgt Ronald Jack Allen,
P/O Francis Theophilus Clayton,
Sgt Peter E. Tripp,
Sgt Arthur Raymond Brooke Ward.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941 at 0210 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD735

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby in the evening of July 7 on an operation to Mönchengladbach. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Heesch. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Wotherspoon, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Charles James Botsford, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Philip Hudson, observer, †
Sgt Hugh Tait, wireless operator. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Heeze

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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T2880

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach in the evening of July 7 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in Heeze and was damaged beyond repair. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Douglas Agrell,
P/O Donald Allan Elliott,
Sgt Frederick Alwyn Hard,
Sgt Walter Kershaw,
P/O Eric Arthur Masters,
Sgt Martin Johann Platz.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6752

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2140

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2240LT on July 6 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Heeze. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Henry Alderton,
Sgt Denis Bradley,
Sgt Stephen Albert Evans,
F/Lt Jack Edward Simmonds.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Heeze: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941 at 0115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD914

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heeze. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Stanley Bagnall, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Edward Bowering, pilot,
Sgt William Hamilton Lapsley, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian Leslie Toynton Reis, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941 at 0233 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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P5014

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1736

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2306LT on July 3 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Asten. The pilot was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Fraser Gibson, pilot, †
Sgt William Kenneth Hope Bowden,
Sgt Basil Arthur Cotton,
Sgt Norman Woodford Davies,
Sgt Arthur Lakin.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Steensel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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4D+??

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Eindhoven - Eindhoven

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5961

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Shortly after takeoff from Eindhoven Airport, while climbing, the airplane exploded in the air then crashed in a field located in Steensel, about 8 km south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz J. Amersberger, pilot,
Fw W. Linka, observer,
Ogfr H. Karkuschke, radio operator,
Ogfr G. Schrödter, air gunner.

Probable cause:

A mine exploded inside the airplane.

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

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1941 at 0234 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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N1462

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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1602

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2255LT on June 17 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Het Broek, north of Best. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Fezard Walker, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Edward Weldon, pilot, †
Sgt Fred Anthony Hatton, observer, †
Sgt Duncan Rodger Black, wireless operator, †
Sgt Joseph Bernard Jones.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Eindhoven: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0318 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Z6489

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2001

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2306LT on June 12 on an operation to Schwerte. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Waalre, in the south suburb of Eindhoven. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Chapman, pilot,
P/O Raymond Woodrow Dawson, observer,
Sgt James Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt John Franklin James,
Sgt John Matthew Bailey Tunnah, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Ridd Winter.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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