Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Middenmeer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1942 at 0023 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8838
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Middenmeer
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 2201LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field in Middenmeer. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Josef Kalensky, pilot,
Sgt Karel Kodes, pilot,
F/O Karel Rychnovsky, navigator,
Sgt Jan Peprnicek, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Josef Politzer, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Josef Hrdina, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Middenmeer: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
T4279
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
1932
YOM:
1940
Location:
Middenmeer
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 Topcliffe at 2312LT on June 12 on an operation to Schwerte, Germany. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Middenmeer. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Rowland Wainwright, pilot,
P/O Geoffrey Vivian Heslop, pilot,
Sgt Donald Keith McFarland, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Stanley Dyer, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Howard John Pingel, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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