Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Ouddorp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0326 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Ouddorp
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 Snaith at 2339LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km west of Ouddorp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis William Sigournay, pilot,
Sgt Edward Kent, flight engineer,
F/O Frank Rees Haines, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Wood, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ernest William Victor Pierce, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney Bonner, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Vernon Boyd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Ouddorp: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED885
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Ouddorp
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 Warboys at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km west of Ouddorp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Adam Marson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Albert Bowman, flight engineer,
Sgt George Alfred Philip Edwards, navigator,
Sgt Frederick John Willett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Ottey, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Shacklady, air gunner,
Sgt George Wilfred Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III off Ouddorp: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1942 at 1250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
AL737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Ouddorp
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 Great Massingham at 1122LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ouddorp. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cecil Albert Maw, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Eric Wilson, observer,
Sgt Ronald Arthur Barnes, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Ouddorp: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1942 at 0310 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3455
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Ouddorp
South 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 Grimsby at 1925LT on October 24 on an operation to Milan. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km west of Ouddorp. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bartlett Parker Shaddick, pilot,
Sgt Eric Watcham, navigator,
Sgt Frank Bernard Hough, observer,
Sgt Edwin Cuthbert Woollard, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gerald Thomas Reyburn, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Ouddorp: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942 at 0010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV480
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
Location:
Ouddorp
South 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 Bassingbourn at 2030LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed under unknown circumstances near Ouddorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ian Alexander Grant, pilot,
P/O James Lyders Speedy, navigator,
P/O Robert Henry Groom, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Swain, wireless operator,
Sgt William Buckley, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Ouddorp: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 0306 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Ouddorp
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 Snaith at 2320LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on the grounds of the drinking water purification plant at Ouddorp. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Albert Myall, pilot,
P/O Albert Edward Collins, observer,
Sgt Douglas John Smith, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Franklyn Haley, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Cartwright, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ouddorp

Date & Time: May 31, 1942 at 0220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1065
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Location:
Ouddorp
South 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 Steeple Morden at 2240LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the west coast of the Netherlands, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed south of Ouddorp and was wrecked. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Henry Bulford,
Sgt Keith Arthur Dunkley,
Sgt Ralph Higham,
Sgt Trevor Alexander Guthrie,
Sgt J. K. Day.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Ouddorp

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941 at 0525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6035
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Ouddorp
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 airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2250LT on July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Ouddorp. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Cashman Allen,
Sgt Beresford Alister Archibald Joseph Fowler,
P/O Geoffrey Mason Fuller,
F/Lt Michael Colin Gordon Sherwood,
Sgt Robert Ivan Stone,
Sgt Thomas Farley Williams,
Sgt William Peter Wood.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ouddorp: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1824
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Location:
Ouddorp
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0934LT on a maritime patrol flight. While cruising along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Ouddorp. The wireless operator was killed and both other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Thompson Brett,
Sgt Denis William MacAlister,
Sgt Leslie Gordon Dicks.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
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