Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Hoorn: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0243 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED831
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bardney - Bardney
Location:
Hoorn
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bardney at 2230LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 3 south of Hoorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Alan Murray Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Fred William Sanderson, flight engineer,
Sgt Kenneth George Mott, navigator,
F/O John Hamilton Sams, navigator,
Sgt C. P. King, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Charles Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Clive Rowlands, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Slater, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Hoorn: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0008 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK773
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Hoorn
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 Oakington at 2215LT on May 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Hoorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Holden, pilot,
Sgt Reginald William Conuel, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur James Phillips, navigator,
Sgt Terence William Hunt, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Avery, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Eric Charles Flood, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Beverley Jonathan Hook, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Hoorn: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1942 at 0302 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF310
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Hoorn
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 Lakenheath at 0025LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Hoorn. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cecil William Simmons, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Charles Scarlett, flight engineer,
F/O Kenneth White, observer,
Sgt Lawrence Stephen Lloyd, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Squires, wireless operator,
Sgt William Earl Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Eugene Barr, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Hoorn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0034 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV812
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Hoorn
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 Alconbury at 2300LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Hoorn. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Whelan, observer,
Sgt John Charles Mason, wireless operator,
Sgt William Pereira, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Alexander Marr, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Hoorn

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1940 at 0237 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4968
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1695
YOM:
1940
Location:
Hoorn
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb an electricity power station on operation 'Zohornewitz'. After a successful mission, the crew was returning to his base when he sent a distress call at 0142LT. At 0237LT, the airplane crashed into the Markermeer off Horn.
Crew:
P/O Peter Gascoyne Brodie,
Sgt Ronald Entwistle,
P/O Theodore Faire Storrier Johnson,
Sgt Walter Arthur Kelham,
Sgt G. P. White.
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