Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Den Hout: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942 at 2020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED347
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Den Hout
North Brabant
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 Waddington a 1800LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Hout. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John William Tyreman, pilot,
Sgt John Sykes, flight engineer,
F/O James William Lynes, navigator,
Sgt Harold Burrows Stokes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry George Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt James Hill, air gunner,
Sgt George Clive Wing, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Den Hout: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1940 at 0106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4286
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Den Hout
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 RAF Waddington to disrupt communications facilities in the Netherlands, target was Breda. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Den Hout. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leslie James Ashfield, pilot,
P/O Charles Douglas Crawley, pilot,
Sgt Francis Wallace McKinlay, observer,
Cpl Frank Preston, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Flak.
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