Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Wervershoof: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1942 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3418
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Wervershoof
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF 2045LT on August 27 on an operation to Kassel. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wervershoof, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Cedric Coombes, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward George William Lewis, observer,
P/O James Arthur Johnston Milne, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Sargeant Ball, wireless operator,
F/O Donald Carr Pritchard, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Wervershoof: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0256 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
BD201
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
2521
YOM:
1942
Location:
Wervershoof
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 Abingdon at 2254LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wervershoof. An air gunner was killed and four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Rennison Parsons, pilot,
Sgt James Glover Moriarty, observer,
F/O Reginald Van Toen, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Ewen, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt George McBain Harris, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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