Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Sint-Oedenrode: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1943 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ886
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Location:
Sint-Oedenrode
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1849LT on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Sint-Oederode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt William Edward Harwood, pilot,
P/O Oliver Henry Skelton, navigator,
Sgt Harold Jack Steel, observer,
F/Sgt Theo Curtis Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Vivian Max Caplin, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Francis Leach, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sint-Oedenrode: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1942 at 0118 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9495
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Sint-Oedenrode
North Brabant
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 Topcliffe at 2201LT on August 5 on an operation to Bochum. Over the Netherlands, at an altitude of 4,300 metres, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint-Oedenrode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Seymour Tadman, pilot,
Sgt James Colville, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Arthur Frost, observer,
Sgt Noel Clive Hain, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Gordon McKinnon, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Stanley Charles Ellis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Stanley Raymond Lupton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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