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Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Hengelo: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0054 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE752
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Hengelo
Gelderland
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 Kirmington at 2302LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the hamlet of Oele, west of Hengelo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donald Thomas Tonkinson, pilot,
F/O Thomas David Brown, navigator,
Sgt Percy Guest, navigator,
P/O Arthur Denis Johnson, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Percival Rayner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Hengelo

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0405 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6045
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Hengelo
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hengelo. All eight crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Stanley Aynsley,
Sgt John Edward Dodd,
Sgt Herbert John Dunnett,
Sgt Robert Harper,
Sgt Robert David Hooley,
Sgt William Craig Moir,
F/Lt Richard Patrick Wallace-Tarry,
Sgt Richard Bernard Pape.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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