Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL Skytrain in Boxte: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-101007
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
19470
YOM:
1944
Location:
Boxtel
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a supply mission over Holland. En route, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field. Two crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Boxtel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0239 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4377
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Boxtel
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 Scampton at 2316LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boxtel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Graham Kitson, pilot,
Sgt George Hull, flight engineer,
Sgt Arthur Douglas Pain, navigator,
Sgt Maynard Hargrave Burston, bomb aimer,
Sgt Louis John Ray, wireless operator,
Sgt George Albert Robinson, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Alexander, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Boxtel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0209 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elvington - Elvington
Location:
Boxtel
North Brabant
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2350LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Boxtel. Two crew members were killed, one evaded and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Gardner, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Henry Alfred Nicholson, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Geroge Hawthorne, navigator,
P/O Alfred Hagan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Dennis Antony Clark, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Ross Currie, air gunner, †
Sgt Rolph Henry King, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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