Crash of a Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V in Rozenburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943 at 0101 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK135
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Rozenburg
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2256LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Acht, in the north suburb of Eindhoven. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Lou Warren Somers, pilot, †
Sgt William George Arthur, flight engineer, †
F/O Max Shvemar, navigator, †
P/O Vernon Moore White, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lawrence Arthur Bone, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jonathan Harvey Walton, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick Charles Ashby, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Martin B-26B-4 Marauder in Rozenburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943 at 1151 LT
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
41-17982
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Rougham - Rougham
Location:
Rozenburg
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) to attack power stations in IJmuiden. Approaching Rotterdam from the west, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Rozenburg. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew (322nd BG/452nd BS):
Lt Col Robert W. Stillman,
1st Lt Ellis J. Resweber, †
2nd Lt William R. Betz, †
S/Sgt Morgan S. Freeman,
S/Sgt Edward K. Hagetter, †
T/Sgt Clyde D. Willis.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7435
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
Rozenburg
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 Watton at 1446LT on an operation to Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Rozenburg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Hayes, pilot,
Sgt Allan Arthur Cecil Shaddick, observer,
Sgt Raymond Frank Brian, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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