Zone
Gelderland

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL in Dodewaard: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-16032
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
20498
YOM:
1944
Location:
Dodewaard
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While flying over The Netherlands, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Both pilots were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Dodewaard: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0113 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED434
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Fiskerton - Fiskerton
Location:
Dodewaard
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Fiskerton at 2232LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dodewaard. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Frost, pilot,
Sgt Nathan Charles Hitchcock, flight engineer,
F/O Alan Ewart Whittaker, navigator, †
Sgt Victor Horsley, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Robert Coulsey, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Walter Lawrence Chatfield, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Alfred Toms, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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