Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II near Spijkenisse: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1942 at 1431 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AJ220
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4358
YOM:
1942
Location:
Spijkenisse
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Methwold on an operation to Maasluis, west of Rotterdam. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Spijkenisse. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Crew:
F/O David Ogilvie Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard Bruce Shipton, observer, †
F/Sgt Ronald Geoffrey Rowe, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt D. J. Reynolds, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Spijkenisse: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6091
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Spijkenisse
South Holland
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 Oakington at 1742LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Spijkenisse, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Stanley Jacobs, pilot,
Sgt James William Cooper Morris, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Walton, flight engineer,
Sgt Bernard Wallwork, observer,
Sgt Edward Owen Brooks, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Johnstone, wireless operator,
F/Sgt George Hall Chesman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 in Spijkenisse: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1941 at 2220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+EN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
5310
YOM:
1941
Location:
Spijkenisse
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was on an operation to Southampton when it suffered an engine failure. The crew bailed out and the airplane crashed in Spijkenisse. Two crew were killed.
Crew:
Fw K. Jelinski, radio operator, †
Uffz J. Gensberger, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Armstrong AW.38 Whitley V in Spijkenisse

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1940 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1377
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1541
YOM:
1939
Location:
Spijkenisse
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2030LT on July 26 on a bombing mission over Mannheim. While flying over The Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in an open field located in Spijkenisse, in the suburb of Rotterdam, and came to rest. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Fochaig Beauclair,
P/O John Christopher Wyndowe Bushell,
Sgt Eric Albert Caloway,
Sgt Clement Wood,
Sgt Kenneth John Read.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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