Kasterlee | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 0055LT on an operation to Bochum. Outbound, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kasterlee, 9 km south of Turnhout. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leslie Cyril Martin, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Chrysler Ferguson, pilot,
Sgt Jack Eric Butt, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Harry Frank, navigator,
F/O George Reicher Royde, navigator,
Sgt Edmund Hazelden-French, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Arthur James Berry, air gunner,
F/Sgt Howard Philip Fudge, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Kasterlee: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943 at 0013 LT

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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DT556

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1827LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. Shortly after midnight, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kasterlee. Five crew members were killed, two became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
S/L J. L. Fletcher, pilot, †
S/Lt A. T. Wheatley, †
Sgt V. J. Crutch,
F/O E. L. Souter-Smith,
P/O W. P. A. Blackman,
F/Sgt G. G. Stanley, †
Sgt L. A. Trinder, †
Sgt H. B. Moore, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Kasterlee

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942 at 1600 LT

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Dornier DO.217

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1941

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The airplane was engaged in an operation to Dieppe (Against Operation Jubilee). It was shot down by a British fighter and later crash landed in Kasterlee. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
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Uffz Anton Ries +3.

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Shot down by a British fighter.