Crash information X9667 Waddensea

During World War II more than 40 different bombers and jet fighters have crashed within de county borders of Hollands Kroon. The crashes were mostly on land, in the Ijssel lake and the Wadden sea.

Few crew members were arrested after using their parachute to reach the ground, others could flee with the help of the Resistance. However, the majority lost their lives and did not return home safely to their family and loved ones.

Vickers Wellington Mk Ic X9667 ED-P – 21 OTU Waddenzee

Informatie about the crash

The Vickers Wellington took off from Moreton-in-Marsh airfield, England, on January 26, 1943 at 6:30 PM. It was a training mission with practice bombs. The crew did not belong to a squadron, but to an Operational Training Unit. The planned route ran up to 50 miles off the English coast. The crew probably became disoriented over the North Sea. The plane was shot down near Texel by German pilot Leutnant W. Kuthe. The aircraft crashed in the Wadden Sea.

Two months later, Ellis and Smith washed up on Texel. The same thing happened around Den Helder with Mitchell, Llewelyn and Elvin. Navigator Tucker apparently was not recovered from the wreck until after the war in the summer of 1945. He is buried in the Westerland cemetery. Morgan was the only survivor. He was injured and was nursed in the Wilhelminagasthuis in Amsterdam until February 1943.

The crew