Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Best: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+CK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
4353
YOM:
1941
Location:
Best
North Brabant
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 operation to Norwich. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Best and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Georg Hogler, pilot,
Lt Alfons Schlander, observer,
Ogefr Hans Linsdorf, radio operator,
Uffz Albert Müller, air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Best: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1941 at 0234 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1462
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
MSN:
1602
YOM:
1939
Location:
Best
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2255LT on June 17 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Het Broek, north of Best. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Fezard Walker, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Edward Weldon, pilot, †
Sgt Fred Anthony Hatton, observer, †
Sgt Duncan Rodger Black, wireless operator, †
Sgt Joseph Bernard Jones.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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