North Holland

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1750LT to bomb the Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. While approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Sloten en Riekerpolder, northeast of the airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Clare Prescott, pilot,
Sgt Harold Kenyon, observer,
Sgt Vincent Joseph Swallow, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Amsterdam: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1940 at 2025 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N3593

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1650LT to bomb the Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. While approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Sloten en Riekerpolder, northeast of the airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/O. J. W. D. Stephens, pilot,
Sgt William John Barrett, observer, †
Sg. Peter Edward Frederick Adams, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-2 in Amsterdam: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1940 at 1736 LT

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4D+?S

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Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Amsterdam - Amsterdam

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Shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in Aalsmeerderbrug, about 2 km south of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz W. Bethe, pilot,
Gfr J. Lippitsch,
Ogfr L. Burk,
Uffz G. Dujardin.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Texel Island

Date & Time: May 25, 1940 at 1912 LT

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Avro 652 Anson

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N9731

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Detling - Detling

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The twin engine airplane was shot down by enemy fire and was ditched into the North Sea some 24 km off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Alfred John Grisenthwaite,
P/O McLundie,
LAC Bowers,
AC1 H. C. R. Hopwood.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-2 in Osdorp: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1940 at 0015 LT

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4D+??

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Mistakenly shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Osdorp, north of Schiphol. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt H. Alisch, pilot,
Gfr M. Bornemann, observer,
Fw B. Kowalski, radio operator,
Gfr F. Lenke, air gunner.

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Mistakenly shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 into the Gooimeer: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1940

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Heinkel He.111

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1T+?H

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Gooimeer. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.
Crew:
Fw H. Laube, pilot, †
Lt H. Spiegel, observer, †
Uffz E. Raffler, radio operator, †
Fw F. Dreyer, mechanic,
Ogfr H. Thiele, mechanic. †

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Den Helder: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 20, 1940 at 1900 LT

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Avro 652 Anson

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K8772

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The crew departed RAF Detling at 1710LT to attack nine German boats. While approaching the Dutch coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by Flak and crashed into the North Sea, some 35 km southwest of Texel. No trace of the aircraft nor the four crew members was found.
Crew (48th Squadron):
F/L Stephen Dodds, pilot,
P/O Bryan Seymour Booth,
LAC Arthur Herbert Gumbleton,
LAC Norman E. Jacobs.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Texel Island

Date & Time: May 13, 1940 at 0635 LT

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4D+?S

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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While on a reconnaissance mission over the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by the Dutch Flak and crashed into the Wadden Lake off Texel Island. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.

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Shot down by Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Hoofddorp: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1940 at 0415 LT

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