Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Hilversum: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED418
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Hilversum
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 0019LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Hilversum. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Dick Hawkes, pilot,
Sgt Edward Stanley Tompkins, flight engineer,
Sgt Hugh Robert Dick, navigator,
Sgt George Robert Nipper, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Wilson Whiteoak,. navigator,
W/O William Archibald McNair, wireless operator,
Sgt Joe Smith, air gunner,
F/Lt Albert Douglas Coldicott, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217K-1 in Hilversum: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+IP
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
4583
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hilversum
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While on an operation out from Soesterberg AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Hilversum. The pilot was killed and three others crew members were injured.
Crew:
Obfw H. Meyer, pilot,
Fw J. Wehner, observer,
Ogefr H. Krotz, radio operator,
Ogefr A. Ottawa, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1942 at 1453 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Hilversum - Hilversum
MSN:
0175
YOM:
1927
Location:
Putten
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
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 Dornier DO.217E-2 in Hilversum: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 19, 1941 at 1910 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
0110
YOM:
1941
Location:
Hilversum
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed for unknown reasons south of Hilversum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt H. Gies, pilot,
Uffz W. Dorn, radio operator,
Gfr J. Balss, mechanic,
Ogfr G. Wiethoff, air bomber.
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