Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Schaijk: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1943 at 0212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ582
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Location:
Schaijk
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham in the evening of May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaijk. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace William Austin, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Raymond Keevers, navigator,
Sgt John P. Edward Last, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Herbert, wireless operator, †
W/O Ralph Matthew Costello, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Schaijk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941 at 0205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9281
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
Location:
Schaijk
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Schaijk. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Aitken Barron, pilot, †
Sgt John Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Hibbin, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Adam Smith Reid, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Wrightson Hall,
Sgt Douglas Hamilton Harley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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