Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III in Oostvoorne

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III
Operator:
Registration:
HX355
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Brighton - Brighton
Location:
Oostvoorne
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission over Germany. On the return leg to Brighton, while overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. Crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control the aircraft crashed and was destroyed while all seven crewmen were take POW.
Crew (78th Squadron):
F/L E. W. Everett,
Sgt K. H. Jones,
Sgt J. R. Stewart,
F/O J. K. M. Green,
Sgt J. E. Johnson,
Sgt J. R. Graham,
P/O A. P. Sinden.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0352 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK661
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Location:
Oostvoorne
South 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 Ridgewell at 0018LT on an operation to Duisburg. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 35 km west of Oostvoorne. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Isador Gedak, pilot,
Sgt Stanley James, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald Hubert Robinson, navigator,
Sgt Albert Victor Edwards, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leopold Urry, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Owen, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Granville Matthews, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Oostvoorne: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE690
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Oostvoorne
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oostvoorne. The wireless operator was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Henry Cooke, pilot,
Sgt John Morris, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Guy Mercer, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Robertson Dawson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Steele McKinnon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Oostsvoorne: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1940 at 1215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8866
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Oostvoorne
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham on a bombing mission over Germany. While cruising over the Netherlands, it crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field located in Oostvoorne. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Ivor Chudleigh Bethune Worthington-Wilmer, pilot,
Sgt Jesse George Stanley,
Sgt George Edwin Maydon.
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