North Holland

Operator:

Registration:

Z7305

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wattisham - Wattisham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1154LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea some 15 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Burdon, observer,
Sgt Gilbert Vincent Smith,
Sgt Charles Clinton Topping.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941 at 1417 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

Z7483

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Watton - Watton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1155LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea some 15 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Hamilton,
Sgt Alex Stanley Oman,
Sgt Thomas Parkinson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off IJmuiden: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

L8788

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Attlebridge - Attlebridge

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Attlebridge at 1030LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off IJmuiden. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Basil Douglas Davies,
P/O George Bannatyne Dunn,
P/O John Reginald Arthur Jones.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-2 off Den Helder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1941 at 0816 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

Operator:

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

Schedule:

Amsterdam - Amsterdam

MSN:

0835

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane crashed into the sea some 45 km off Den Helder. A crew was killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Obfw S. Ehrich, pilot,
Lt L. Blankenhahn, observer,
Gefr S. Turowski, radio operator, †
Obfw R. Lossack, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0206 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

N2844

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Marham - Marham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2348LT on August 18 on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer some 15 km off Medemblik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Gerald Boswell, pilot,
Sgt Lothian Julyan George,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Maguire,
P/O Ewart Duncan Pockney, air gunner,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Shearing,
Sgt Alexander Macgregor Wilson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-1 in Wijdewormer

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 1940 LT

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.217

Operator:

Registration:

F8+IN

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Soesterberg – Soesterberg

MSN:

5085

YOM:

1941

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in an open field located in Wijdewormer. All four crew members were rescued.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Texel Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V5874

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Watton - Watton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0928LT to attack the Quadrath Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base and flying along the Dutch coast, it collided with high tension cables and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Wilmot Corfield, pilot,
P/O Arthur Lionel Alfred Williams, observer,
P/O Maurice Frederick Williams, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

In-flight collision with high tension cables.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1941 at 1416 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

V6026

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Bodney - Bodney

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 10 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Kenyon Oswald Burt, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Ellis, observer,
F/Sgt Angus Douglas Willis Curr, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Zandvoort

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941 at 0540 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

Operator:

Registration:

N6029

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Yes

Site: