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Overijssel

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-95-BO Flying Fortress in Buurse: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1943 at 1527 LT
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-30265
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Framlingham - Framlingham
MSN:
5379
YOM:
1942
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Framlingham (Parham) in the morning on a bombing mission to Münster, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft was firstly hit by Flak and then shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude and was able to perform an emergency landing in a field. A crew member (S/Sgt Lester S. Look Jr.) was killed while 8 others were taken PoW. The last one evaded. Crew from the 571st BS.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buurse: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Dishforth in the evening of May 23 on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (426th Squadron):
Sgt L. G. Sutherland 4.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buurse: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0108 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE290
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Kirmington in the evening of May 23 on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While cruising at an altitude of 5,000 metres over The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in flames in a field located in Buurse, south of Enschede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
Sgt J. R. Stewart 4.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Buurse: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT801
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission over Duisburg and left RAF Graveley at 0023LT. While overflying The Netherlands by night at an altitude of 3,300 metres, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The captain attempted to make an emergency landing in a field but on touchdown, the aircraft caught fire and came to rest upside down. Two crew members were killed while all others were injured.
Crew (35th Squadron):
F/Lt Douglas Julian Sale,
P/O R. C. Sawyer,
P/O G. E. Heard,
Sgt S. A. Moores,
Sgt D. N. Richards,
Sgt R. O. Elford,
Sgt C. W. Rowley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Buurse: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1942 at 2354 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1270
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Buurse
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2054LT on an operation to Kassel. Passing over the Netherlands at night at an altitude of 3,500 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field located southwest of Buurse, bursting into flames. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
F/Lt James Rothwell Frith, pilot,
Sgt Walter Duncombe, flight engineer,
P/O Edward Arthur Rutherford Briant, observer,
Sgt George Hunter Wilson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John David Craig, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Barriemore Smallwood Blundall, wireless operator,
P/O Percival Gerald Hopkins, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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