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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0037 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2996
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newton - Newton
Location:
Zwaagdijk
North Holland
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 Newton at 2300LT on June 12 on an operation to Osnabrück. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Zwaagdijk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert George Burbridge,
F/O Robert Stanley Chisholm,
F/Sgt Alan Greensides,
P/O Arthur Vernon John Hardcastle,
F/O William Clifford Taffender,
F/Sgt John Knox Emslie Horniman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6427
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Location:
Den Helder
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1516LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Keech Bass,
Sgt Leslie Bowen Box,
P/O Paul Molloy.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Bergen aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1941 at 2008 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1900LT to attack the airfield of Den Helder-De Kooy in the Netherlands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Bergen aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Wylie Baser,
Sgt Arthur William Simpson,
Sgt Cyril Ernest Triggs.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Bergen aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1941 at 2006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z5744
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1900LT to attack the airfield of Den Helder-De Kooy in the Netherlands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 30 km off Bergen aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Alister Lees,
Sgt Charles Meredith,
Sgt Thomas Charles Osborne.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R2791
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
IJmuiden
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 0513LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off IJmuiden. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Bertram Bransby,
Sgt George Allan Bye,
Sgt William George Thorneycroft.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: May 24, 1941 at 1430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Texel Island
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1125LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching Texel Island, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Julian Gill,
Sgt Raymond Allen Hewlett,
P/O Michael Andrew Scott.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: May 16, 1941 at 0336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD841
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Ilpendam
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2300LT on May 15 on an operation to Hanover. While passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and was abandoned by the crew. Both pilots were killed and two other crew became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Leonard Bailey, pilot, †
P/O William Alexander McVie, pilot, †
Sgt Charles William Carter,
Sgt John Kennedy Scouler.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0257 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD900
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Hoogkarspel
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of May 11 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hoogkarspel. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Colin Guy Champion Rawlins, pilot,
P/O Reginald Frank John Featherstone, observer,
Sgt Stanley Albert Taylor, wireless operator, †
P/O Reginald Herbert Vaughan, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Bergen aan Zee

Date & Time: May 11, 1941 at 0410 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7323
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby in the evening of May 10 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base and after passing the Dutch coast, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines and ditched the airplane some 23 km off Bergen aan Zee. The airplane sank and was lost while all six crew members took place in a dinghy and were rescued four days later by the crew of a Dutch trawler and became PoW.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt Robert Anderson,
P/O Robert Steen Ayton,
F/Sgt James Bryce,
Sgt Walter Jack Chantler,
Sgt Denis John Harvey,
Sgt Ernest William Ronald Sykes.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Hoogwoud: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3654
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Hoogwoud
North Holland
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 Wyton in the evening of May 10 on an operation to Berlin. Shortly after midnight, while passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hoogwoud. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Reginald Stephenson Bird, pilot,
W/Cdr Herbert Reginald Dale, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Philip Plumb, flight engineer,
P/O Daniel Mclean Campbell, observer,
Sgt Norman Howarth Nuttall, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Augustus Sidney Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Russell Lucas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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