Zeist | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2340LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zeist, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denis Blum, pilot,
F/Sgt Cecil Lester Sebelius, flight engineer,
P/O George Edward Bisheff, navigator,
Sgt Michael David Shakespeare, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Clarence MacDonald, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Rene Archambault, air gunner,
F/Sgt William Duncan Walsh, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Zeist: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1943 at 0221 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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HE423

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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East Moor - East Moor

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0003LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Zeist. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Basil Alfred Alexander Geale, pilot,
P/O Howard Allen Tennis, navigator,
W/O James Samuel Vose, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Piggott, wireless operator,
W/O Raymond Thomas Crimmins, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1942 at 1630 LT

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.217

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U5+??

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Soesterberg - Soesterberg

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5450

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1942

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The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operational sortie. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 metres, it suffered an engine failure. The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Zeist. All four crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Ogefr Gustav Dehmke, air gunner +3.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Zeist: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1942 at 2228 LT

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7276

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1915LT on an intruder operation over Soesterberg AFB. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Zeist. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Fraser Grant Jenkins, pilot,
F/O Henry Paul Brackner, observer,
Sgt Charles Henry Gray, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Zeist: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1940 at 1620 LT

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3731

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The airplane departed RAF Watton on a bombing mission over Germany. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Zeist. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Arthur Percy, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Alfred Stanley, observer,
Sgt Andrew Milne Clark, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.