Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Waalre: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1943 at 0215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD215
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Waalre
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 Middleton St George at 2304LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Waalre, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Harry Wilfred Fowler, pilot,
Sgt John Edwin Dickson, flight engineer,
F/O Warren Bretall Mayes, navigator,
F/O David Renwick Agnew, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Almer Clement Raine, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Andrew Hood, air gunner,
F/Sgt William George Otterholm, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Waalre

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1942 at 0347 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3408
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Waalre
North Brabant
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 Feltwell at 0011LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Waalre. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Cecil William Phair Carter, pilot,
Sgt Jack Lawrence Coy, observer,
Sgt Herbert Ives, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Robert Mayall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Phillip Newbury Howard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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