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Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Haamstede: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 0325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5379
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0020LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base with one engine inoperative, it crashed near the lighthouse at Haamstede. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Douglas William Drummond Faint, pilot, †
P/O Garth Campbell Frew, observer, †
Sgt Alfred John Childs, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Morton,
P/O Wilfred Arthur Wise.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Haamstede: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD784
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of July 30 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the Dutch coast, it went out of control and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Brook,
Sgt Peter Thomas Giblett,
P/O Charles Dale Hewson,
P/O Frank Edward Pratt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of poor weather conditions and not enemy action.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Haamstede: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1941 at 0048 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4265
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1918
YOM:
1940
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1930LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, just after it passed the Dutch coast, it crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Charles Hoare,
Sgt Philip Henry Woodbridge,
P/O Alan Addison Florigny,
Sgt Charles John Woods,
Sgt Alfred Coates.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Haamstede: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+AR
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
7024
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Eindhoven on an operational sortie. While cruising along the Dutch coast, it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Haamstede, on Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt O. Bieger, pilot,
Gfr Herndeck,
Fw Heimeier,
Gfr Bauer.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1940 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9422
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
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 West Raynham to attack aerodromes when it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed near Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Harold Davies, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Roy Bryant, observer,
Sgt Warren Seymour Barrett, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3898
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Horsham - Horsham
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
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 to attack airfields. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Douglas Goode, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Alexander Will, observer,
Sgt Victor St George Barrow, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1940 at 1705 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3748
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
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 with instructions to bomb an airfield near Bernburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Charles Hayward, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Alfred Nevison Walker,
Sgt Israel Winberg.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Fokker T-V in Haamstede

Date & Time: May 10, 1940 at 1000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Fokker T-V
Operator:
Registration:
858
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Vlissingen – Amsterdam
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Vlissingen to Amsterdam, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by the Dutch Flak. The pilot made an emergency landing in Haamstede. All four crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by the Dutch Flak

Crash of a Koolhoven FK.43 in Vlissingen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 10, 1939 at 1620 LT
Type of aircraft:
Koolhoven FK.43
Operator:
Registration:
PH-AJK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Haamstede - Amsterdam
MSN:
4305
YOM:
1933
Location:
Vlissingen
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Two student pilots and one instructor departed Haamstede Airfield on a training flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. While flying over the city of Vlissingen at a very low height, the pilot-in-command initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed on a boulevard, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the airplane stalled while flying at low height and low speed. According to witnesses, the engine sound seems to be very low.

Ground accident of a Fokker F7b/3m in Haamstede

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1936 at 1500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F7
Operator:
Registration:
PH-AEZ
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Haamstede - Rotterdam
MSN:
5122
YOM:
1929
Location:
Haamstede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
As the weather conditions were deteriorating, the board of the Dutch National Company KLM decided to move the aircraft that was parked in Haamstede to a safe place in Rotterdam, and asked three technicians to do so. While taxiing, the aircraft was caught by strong winds, went out of control and came to rest upside down. All three occupants were uninjured and the aircraft named 'Zwaluw' was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Caught by strong winds while taxiing.
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