Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II in Hoofddorp: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 3, 1943 at 1745 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AJ200
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4338
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1643LT on operation Ramrod 16 consisting to attack an electricity power station located on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hoofddorp, west of Schiphol Airport. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John David Sharp, pilot,
Sgt Hugh Gibson, navigator, †
Sgt Alan Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Lawson Rowland, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt John David Sharp, pilot,
Sgt Hugh Gibson, navigator, †
Sgt Alan Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Lawson Rowland, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
