Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Zandvoort: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0236 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
BB324
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
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 Melbourne at 2322LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea 10 km west of Zandvoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Mitchell Pinkerton, pilot,
Sgt Frank Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Nuttall, navigator,
Sgt William Waring, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Conway, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Franklin Karl Crowe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Timothy Leo MacAskill, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Zandvoort: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1943 at 0226 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED987
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
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 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor in the evening of June 12 on an operation to Bochum. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Zandvoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Richard George Claydon, pilot,
Sgt Alexander McIntyre Law, flight engineer,
F/O Denis Charles Goodwin, navigator,
W/O Norman Harry Lavin, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Vincent Fielding, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Douglas McMurachy, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ernest Joseph St Germain, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Martin B-26B-4 Marauder off Zandvoort: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
41-17998
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Rougham - Rougham
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) on an operation to power installations in IJmuiden. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 60 km west of Zandvoort. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Joseph R. Chaswick,
1st Lt Frederick H. Matthew,
2nd Lt Joe B. Dalton,
S/Sgt Joseph T. Vandling,
T/Sgt James W. Belote,
Sgt Jose M. Basaldu.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Martin B-26B-4 Marauder off Zandvoort: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
41-18099
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Rougham - Rougham
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Rougham (Bury St Edmunds) on an operation to power installations in IJmuiden. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea 40 km west of Zandvoort. Four crew members were killed and two others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Jack Crane, pilot, †
2nd Lt Charles Frederick Elliott, copilot, †
S/Sgt G. W. Williams, flight engineer,
1st Lt John B. Champlin, navigator, †
T/Sgt Jesse W. Southworth, radio operator, †
S/Sgt J. H. Lewis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Zandvoort: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1943 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3965
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1943LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. The following night, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km off Zandvoort. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Owen Eastwood Collins, pilot,
F/O Leslie Young, navigator,
Sgt John Gordon Hubbard, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Jack Bernard Bayliss, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Stanley Noel Curtis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Zandvoort: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1943 at 2255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HZ263
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1930LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 40 km west of Zandvoort, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt William John King, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Arthur Nunn, observer,
Sgt Charles Richard Townsend, bomb aimer,
Sgt Cyril Frank White, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Russell Irwin Edwards, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Zandvoort: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK401
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1910LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km west of Zandvoort. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Randolph Trask, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Fraser Paterson, wireless operator,
F/O Chelmsford Edward Chapman,
F/Sgt William John Ross Davies,
F/Sgt George Walen,
F/Sgt Robert Earl Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Zandvoort: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4178
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
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 Coningsby at 2020LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Zandvoort. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Bell,
P/O Robert Fleming Chase,
Sgt Lennox Ashton Crossley,
Sgt Francis Arthur Digby,
P/O Desmond James Downer,
F/Sgt Hubert Clodomir Johnston,
Sgt Alcwyn Williams, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Zandvoort: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2909
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2336LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by enemy fire and to have crashed into the North Sea off Zandvoort. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Prime, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Buchan, observer,
P/O Edwin Bertram Willoughby, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Charles Cohen, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Tait, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Zanvoort: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1942 at 0313 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3669
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Zandvoort
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn on an operation to Emden. While returning to base at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 7 km southwest off Zanvoort. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick John Keen, pilot, †
P/O Gordon Ernest Sheppard, observer, †
Sgt James Warrell Williams, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Neil MacDougall, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Roca Payne, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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