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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Ysselsteyn: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2148 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT751
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Ysselsteyn
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1917LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ysselsteyn. An air gunner was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Nevines, pilot,
Sgt Frederick George Stapleton, flight engineer,
P/O John Bernard Locke, navigator,
Sgt Walter Stafford Poland, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Stafford Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Christopher Ratcliffe, air gunner,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Sharpe, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Ysselsteyn: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE187
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Ysselsteyn
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2015LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Ysselsteyn. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Adrian John Somerville-Woodiwis, pilot,
F/Sgt Ralph Cuthbert Plaistowe, pilot,
Sgt James Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Buist Scott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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