Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura I in Bennebroek: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 3, 1943 at 1745 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AE684
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4027
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1643LT on operation Ramrod 16 consisting to attack an electricity power station located on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bennebroek, 21 km west southwest of Amsterdam. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Coshall, pilot, †
F/O Rupert Alexander North, navigator,
Sgt William Stannard, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henry Sparkes, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Stanley Coshall, pilot, †
F/O Rupert Alexander North, navigator,
Sgt William Stannard, wireless operator,
Sgt George Henry Sparkes, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
