Hindeloopen | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1943LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Hindeloopen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Henry Albert Partridge, pilot,
Sgt Roy Oswald Fulton, flight engineer,
F/O Leonard William Sprackling, navigator,
Sgt H. Fell, bomb aimer,
Sgt J. M. Freshwater, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Desmond Dinnis, air gunner,
Sgt J. L. Organ, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Hindeloopen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0042 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Registration:

W1067

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Passing over the IJsselmeer, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed off Hindeloopen. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Arthur Whittingham, pilot, †
P/O George Gibson, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Brown Donaldson, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony George Springthorpe, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Alfred Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Dronfield, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.