Crash of a Dornier DO.24T-3 near Den Hoorn

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.24
Operator:
Registration:
VH+SE
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
65
Location:
Den Hoorn (Texel)
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shot down by a RAF Mustang and crashed into the sea near Den Hoorn, Texel. All crew members were rescued.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Den Hoorn: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED943
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Den Hoorn (Texel)
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2304LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed south of Den Hoorn, Texel Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Dougal Hamish Reid, pilot,
F/O Walter John Wheeler, pilot,
Sgt George Samwell Hodges, flight engineer,
P/O John Colin Evans, navigator,
Sgt Alan McGeoch Sandars, bomb aimer,
P/O James Walter Palmer, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Telfer, air gunner,
F/O Ernest Henry Patrick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Den Hoorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0213 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK183
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Den Hoorn (Texel)
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2312LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Hoorn, south Texel Island. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Mathias Fellner, pilot,
Sgt James Imms, fight engineer, †
P/O George William Rupert Dalton, navigator, †
P/O William Angus Thurston, bomb aimer,
P/O Bernard Laird Tedford, wireless operator, †
Sgt Albert Dixon, air gunner, †
P/O Gerrard Smith Huston, air gunner.
Photos: http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem23.htm
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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