Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura I off Noordwijkerhout: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1943 at 1745 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE798
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4141
YOM:
1942
Location:
Noordwijkerhout
South 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 departed RAF Methwold at 1643LT on operation Ramrod 16 consisting to attack an electricity power station located on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Noordwijkerhout. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James William Lowe, pilot,
W/O Harry Wallace Toombs, navigator,
F/Sgt James Cunningham Lynass, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Downs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Noordwijkerhout: 9 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942 at 2249 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DG228
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
Noordwijkerhout
South Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1826LT on an operation to Krefeld. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on a farm located in Noordwijkerhout. All seven crew members as well as two children in the farm were killed. Two other people on the ground were injured.
Crew:
W/O Edward Warren Murphy, pilot,
F/Sgt David George Hackett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Maxwell Ben-Hertz, observer,
Sgt George Henry Shannon, observer,
Sgt Sidney Messham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Joseph Neubert, air gunner,
F/Sgt Lionel Harry Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Noordwijkerhout: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1941 at 0510 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
6184
Location:
Noordwijkerhout
South 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 suffered an engine failure and crashed in Noordwijkerhout. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Hptm Walter Holte, pilot,
Fw Fritz Bätzold, observer,
Ogfr Kurt Carl, radio operator,
Ofw Heinrich Mantel, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
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