Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Enkhuizen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1943 at 0136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Tempsford - Tempsford
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Operations St John/St Andrew Leeks 5/Catarrh 11 (Special Operation Executive), heading for Holland, carrying seven crew members and two Dutch agents. Over Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, northeast of Enkhuizen. An agent drowned and eight other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ernest Clow, pilot,
Sgt Francis Boyd, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas William Robert Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Frank Ross, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Robert Dennis Alexander, wireless operator,
Sgt William Arthur Aberneathy Floyd, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Walter Reynolds, air gunner.
Passengers:
Mr. A. Bergman, †
Mr. P. R. Gerbrand.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III of Enkhuizen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1942 at 0054 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3309
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2325LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Enkhuizen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek Oscar Osborne, pilot,
F/Sgt Gerald Cobden, observer,
Sgt Iestyn James, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Richard Dye, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Desire Ernest Charles Adams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Enkhuizen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1942 at 2258 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE421
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
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 Scampton at 2129LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the IJsselmeer, about 10 km east of Enkhuizen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Reginald Percy Worthy, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Talbot Percy Considine, observer,
Sgt Thomas Hill McGrenery, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John William Wilkinson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Enkhuizen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942 at 0324 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
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 Scampton at 2250LT on March 8 on an operation to Essen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed into the Ijsselmeer, some three km off Enkhuizen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
P/O Christopher Ronald Frost, pilot,
P/O Ian Frederick Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt William Durham Biltcliffe, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Grunwell, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold Reginald Ray, air gunner,
P/O William Arthur Harris, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Howard Stone, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Enkhuizen

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1940 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
L7852
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Enkhuizen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1724LT on November 14 to bomb the Schlesiger Station in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, the bomber was hit by enemy fire while cruising over Bremen. The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed into the IJssel Lake off Enkhuizen. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L Stanley Ggraham Pritchard,
P/O Percy Ainsworth Ward Thomas,
Sgt Harold Newall,
Sgt Alfred Hunt,
Sgt Ronald Francis Akerman,
P/O Roye Vincent Derbyshire.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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