Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Sint Maartensvlotbrug: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1942 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1412
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Sint Maartensvlotbrug
North 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 Breighton at 2314LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night and approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Maartensvlotbrug. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Diuglas David Hurditch, pilot,
F/Sgt Cyril Douglas Henden, navigator,
Sgt Donald Tinkler, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Francis Maher, wireless operator,
Sgt Colin Millis Campbell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sint Maartensvlotbrug: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1942 at 0055 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9457
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Sint Maartensvlotbrug
North 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 Middleton St George at 2316LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint Maartensvlotbrug. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Walter Stell, pilot, †
Sgt David Henry Nelson, flight engineer,
Sgt William Archer, observer, †
Sgt Robert Cecil Cockburn, bomb aimer,
Sgt Douglas Perry Brooks, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Greenwood, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Charles Ronald Metcalfe, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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