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Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Andijk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5372
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2011LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Andijk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Albert Golding, pilot,
Sgt Finlay Donald McLeod, pilot,
F/Sgt Bruce Elbert Doe, observer,
Sgt Mervyn Duncan, wireless operator,
Sgt William Stanley Makin, wireless operator,
Sgt Percival Gordon Thorpe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Den Helder: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 2227 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1269
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1940LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee east of Den Helder. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Bogumil Zelazinski, pilot,
P/O Bolesław Uszolewicz, pilot,
F/O Franciszek Jakukowski, observer,
Sgt Kwiecinski, wireless operator,
Sgt Teofil Niemeczek, air gunner,
Sgt Wladysław Stachurski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester IA in Warmenhuizen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 0032 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7518
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2045LT on March 25 on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands at night, the bomber was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed in a pasture in Warmenhuizen, some 10 km northwest of Alkmaar, bursting into flames. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (61st Squadron):
P/O John Ralph Hubbard, pilot, †
P/O Alastair William Buchan, pilot, †
P/O Robert Heggie, observer, †
Sgt John George Clelland, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Wallace Baker, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt P. Jones,
Sgt T. C. Stanley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Bloemendaal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1942 at 1210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+?T
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Amsterdam - Amsterdam
MSN:
5339
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on a bombing dropping exercise when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Bloemendaal. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Hptm E-A. Walbaum, pilot, †
Hptm A. Hoppe, observer, †
Fw W. Diller, radio operator,
Ofw G. Schwenkchuster, air gunner. †

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Beverwijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 2342 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5442
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waltham at 2039LT on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak. The left engine failed, a generator went out of service and a part of the hydraulic system failed as well. As the aircraft was losing height, the captain ordered three of his crew to bail out and he attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane went out of control and crashed in a prairie, bursting into flames. As the three crew who bailed out were rescued and became POW, the three crew in the aircraft were killed.
Crew (12th Squadron):
P/O Robert Henderson Buchanan, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Gibbings Sanders, copilot, †
Sgt Reuben Acton Scragg, navigator, †
Sgt Henry Marshall Murdo, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Arthur Arnold, air gunner,
Sgt Charles John Chedd, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Enkhuizen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7426
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2250LT on March 8 on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed into the Ijsselmeer, some three km off Enkhuizen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Christopher Ronald Frost, pilot,
P/O Ian Frederick Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt William Durham Biltcliffe, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Grunwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Reginald Ray, air gunner,
P/O William Arthur Harris, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Howard Stone, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Callantsoog: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1146
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1700LT on 'Operation Fuller'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Callantsoog. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Arthur Laing, pilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hyde Stewart Ross, copilot,
P/O Walter Frederick Bond, navigator,
F/Sgt Joseph William Poirier, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Rowsell, wireless operator,
P/O Gordon Kenneth Armstrong, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 in Nieuw-Vennep: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+BP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
5355
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation to England. It suffered an engine failure and crashed at Nieuw-Vennep. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw J. Jüttner, pilot,
Ofw J. Schuster, observer,
Ofw K. Langer, radio operator,
Ofw F. Lehnert, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off IJmuiden: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1942 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AE649
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
414-3002
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Coates to search for enemy shipping. While flying along the Dutch coast, it crashed on a German merchant vessel near IJmuiden. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Walter Jaggard, pilot, †
P/O Hubert Jack Parker, †
Sgt William John Palmer,
Sgt Douglas Sykes.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Den Helder: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1942 at 2231 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AT121
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1805LT on an operation to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the German Flak. With an engine on fire, it went out of control and crashed onto a house located at Langestraat in Den Helder. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew.
F/Lt Harold John William Bareham, pilot,
P/O Thomas Allen Whiting, observer,
Sgt Stanley Albert Dungey, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward John Snelling, wireless operator. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.