Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Vessem: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1942 at 1025 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+BN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
1211
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Eindhoven Airport on a local test flight. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Vessem, 7 km southwest of the airport. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Dörries, pilot, †
Gefr Horst Urban, mechanic,
Kurt Wedemann, instructor.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Putten: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1942 at 1453 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Hilversum - Hilversum
MSN:
0175
YOM:
1927
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed near the railway station in Putten. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Werner Tenambergen, pilot,
Obgfr Alfred Kropf, radio operator,
Obgfr Rudolf Schimera, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Bergen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1942 at 1328 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z1495
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1146LT on an operation to Essen. Over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bergen, bursting into flames. A crew member was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Wladysław Kaźmierczak, pilot,
F/O Jan Gerstel, observer,
Sgt Józef Skoniecny, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Gębaczka, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanisław Abłamowicz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson VI off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 22, 1942 at 2154 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EW903
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Docking - Docking
MSN:
414-6787
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Docking on a maritime patrol flight off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 25 km north of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Carolus Ludovicus van Heugten, pilot,
Sgt Laurens Abraham Hoogteiling, observer,
Sgt Jacob de Ligt, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Jan Adrianus den Ouden, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Eindhoven: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
4311
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While performing a local training exercise at Eindhoven Airport, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe DO.217 also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes crashed near the airbase and were destroyed. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Uffz E. Dausinger, pilot,
Gefr H. Bopp, observer,
Gefr J. Baues, radio operator, †
Gefr K. Lemm, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Eindhoven: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
U5+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
5496
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While performing a local training exercise at Eindhoven Airport, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe DO.217 also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes crashed near the airbase and were destroyed. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Gefr P. Ricken, radio operator +3.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Bornwird: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X3310
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1730LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bornwird, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Vary Prosser, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey George Golding, pilot,
F/O Donald James MacPherson, observer,
Sgt William Hurrell, bomber aimer,
Sgt Ian McLachlan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Victor Thompson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Oosterend: 8 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2206 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT539
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1751LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Oosterend. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Donald Thomas Marler, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick Wilson Read, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richardson, flight engineer,
P/O John Herbert Zealand, navigator,
F/Sgt Edwin Herbert Kingsland, observer,
F/Sgt Morris Kolesky Callan, wireless operator,
Sgt William Albert Moir, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Broome, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Ameland Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942 at 2037 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7864
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1752LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 35 km north of Ameland Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Richard Norman Fetherston, pilot,
Sgt Charles Cyril Brook,
P/O Thomas Edwin Dunlop,
Sgt Frederick William Hope,
F/Sgt Gerald Anthony Neville,
F/Sgt James Kelleher Player,
Sgt Milton Victor Riddle,
F/Sgt Nicholas Sidorchuk.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson VI off IJmuiden: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EW912
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
414-6796
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island to attack enemy convoy off the Dutch coast. While doing so, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea few km off IJmuiden. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Johannes Henricus J. van Loon, pilot,
F/O R. de Boer, observer,
Sgt J. F. Mijsberg, wireless operator,
A2c H. Jongman, air gunner.