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

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1941 at 0510 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
6184
Location:
Noordwijkerhout
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed in Noordwijkerhout. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Hptm Walter Holte, pilot,
Fw Fritz Bätzold, observer,
Ogfr Kurt Carl, radio operator,
Ofw Heinrich Mantel, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24N-1 off Dordrecht: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
KD+GF
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dordrecht - Dordrecht
MSN:
006
YOM:
1937
Location:
Dordrecht
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local test flight out from Dordrecht on behalf of Aviolanda. Upon takeoff from the harbor of Dordrecht, the floatplane collided with a tugboat and crashed. Two crew were injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
F/Ing Schumann, pilot,
Of Theodor Schumacher, radio operator,
Ing Berner +4.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Goudswaard

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1940 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3211
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
Goudswaard
South 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 Mildenhall in the evening of December 29 on an operation to Hamm. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Goudswaard. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Douglas Newman,
P/O Robert Garth Stark,
Sgt Jack Middleton Garrett,
Sgt Sidney Laurence Spittle,
Sgt Manville Charles Fenn,
Sgt David Garrick Branscombe Protheroe.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 off Hellevoetsluis: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
4203
Location:
Hellevoetsluis
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation over England when it was apparently hit by a British fighter east of Felixstowe. The crew was able to evacuate the area and to return to Holland when the airplane crashed into the sea off Hellevoetsluis. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hannes Haid, pilot,
Lt Heinz Rabe, observer,
Uffz Alfred Hitzek, radio operator,
Gefr Heinrich Juling, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 off Noordwijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
R4+BK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
373
Location:
Noordwijk
South 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 Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation over England when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Noordwijk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw K. Schlicht, pilot,
Gfr H. Nitz, radio operator,
Uffz W. Marschall, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24N-1 in Noordwijk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1940 at 1440 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
KD+GD
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Schellingwoude - Brest
MSN:
4
YOM:
1937
Location:
Noordwijk
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The floatplane departed Schellingwoude NAS on a flight to Brest, Brittany. En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Noordwijk. The pilot was killed and both other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Lt Karl Scheel, pilot, †
Lt Ernst-G. Unterhorst, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Krause, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in The Hague

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
L7788
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
The Hague
South 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 East Wretham on an operation to Berlin. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in The Hague. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/L K. Trojacek,
Sgt A. Zabrs,
F/L Z. Prochazka,
Sgt K. Kunka,
Sgt F. Knotek,
F/L V. Kilian.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-4 in Nieuwkoop: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1940 at 0228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+IM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
5707
Location:
Nieuwkoop
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on a bombing mission over England. After being damaged by enemy fire, it crashed in Nieuwkoop. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Lt N. Katz, pilot,
Fw R. Höper, radio operator, †
Uffz W. Henningsen, air gunner, †
Uffz Georgi,
Uffz Schindl.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA off Wassenaar: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
N2992
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Wassenaar
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Feltwell at 2050LT on September 1st on a bombing mission over Hanover. While returning to its base, the bomber went out of control and crashed into the North Sea off Wassenaar. Five crew members were killed while the captain was rescued by the crew of the HMS Niger two days later.
Crew (37th Squadron):
P/O M. S. Burberry,
P/O George Hauteville Jackson, †
P/O Henri Philippe, †
Sgt Cyril John Cooper, †
Sgt Thomas Chamberlain Molineux Browne, †
Sgt Peter William Barber. †
Probable cause:
In his report, the captain indicated that he may have fallen asleep, but his Station Commander thought an incorrect altimeter setting was the more likely cause of the tragedy.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Pernis: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1940 at 2110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1940
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Detling - Detling
Location:
Pernis
South 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 Detling at 1940LT on a bombing mission over Rotterdam. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Pernis. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Edward Cecil Theodore Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Lionel Louis Benjamin, observer,
Sgt John Thomas Beesley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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