Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Diest

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ877
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Diest
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2035LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Diest. All six crew members parachuted to safety, five evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Samuel Oliver Randle, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frost, air gunner,
Sgt W. Brazill,
F/Sgt W. W. Dreschsler,
Sgt Norman Maxwell Graham,
Sgt D. C. Mounts.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Diest

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6423
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Norwich - Norwich
Location:
Diest
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. Over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Diest. All three crew members were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Henry Hill,
Sgt Lawrence George Frank Parrish,
P/O William Charles Chadwick.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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