Zone
Groningen

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 near Slochteren: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+CT
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Deelen - Deelen
MSN:
4399
YOM:
1941
Location:
Slochteren
Groningen
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Deelen AFB to lay mines in the Humber mouth. While returning to base, it was mistakenly shot down by the Dutch Marine Flak and crash landed near Slochteren. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Ogfr Müller, pilot,
Uffz A. Ehm, observer,
Ogfr Bein, radio operator,
Ogfr W. Künzer, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Slochteren: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7381
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Slochteren
Groningen
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 Waddington at 0015LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a field located in Slochteren, some 16 km east of Groningen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O William Michael Ronald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert Cotterell, pilot,
P/O Edward Arthur Reeman, observer,
Sgt James Allen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Halfpenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Coakes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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