Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Wieringen: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943 at 0144 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD149
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Wieringen
North 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 Pocklington at 2326LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Waddenzee some 3 km off Wieringen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Denzil Jeffery, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Joseph Smith, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Entwhistle, navigator,
F/O Ronald Norman Fewtrell, bomb aimer,
P/O Samuel Zareikin, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Louis Stanley Lowings, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Heslop, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Wieringen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 2357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7307
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Wieringen
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2045LT on an operation to Soesterberg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee off Wieringen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Maurice Popplestone, pilot,
P/O William George Francis Hawkin, observer,
P/O Cyril Edwin White, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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