Allied aircrafts down in VEldhoven Holland.

[xraymmx]

I spoke to an eye witness last night about some crashes in the town of Veldhoven Holland. (near fliegerhorst Eindhoven)
He drew a map for me with the crash locations and asked me if I could find out more about these crashes.

I hope people here can help.

This is what I found:

42-09-17 0115 Veldhoven (in Zwembad) Wellington III BJ640 12OTU F/Lt M.B.Mallet

44-06-08 1120 Veldhoven (Oude Kerkhof) P-51-F5B 42-67366 7PG/27 PS Capt. C.G. Cassaday

Thanks,
Ray

[Leendert]

Ray,

A little correction: an F-5B was the photo reconnaissance version of a P-38 and not a P-51 (must be a typo on the nimh.nl website..!).
Even so, Capt Cassaday was KIA and is now buried at Margraten. He was from Iowa.
That same day another F-5B was lost at neighboring Eindhoven, 42-12981.

There's a picture of Cassaday here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24554019@N06/3685557522/

Groet,

Leendert

[xraymmx]

The old men pointed me a little in the direction of the typo. He said it was a double tailed airplane.

The townfolk talked about a coloured pilot but I guess after seeing the photo he was probably badly burnt.

Thanks for the info.

[Bas Maathuis]

Leendert,

Thanks for your correction, they both were P-38's

Groet,

xraymx,

The Wellington BJ650 took off from Chipping Warden at 20:24 hrs to bomb Essen. It was shot down by a Nightfighter and crashed into a swimming pool at Veldhoven at 01:15 hrs
The crew:
F/Lt. M.B. Mallet, 41939, buried Eindhoven Woensel JJ-128-130
Sgt. J.J. La Bossiere RCAF, R/119546, buried Groesbeek RCAF 16-D-15
Sgt. J.H. Evans, 1048732, buried Eindhoven Woensel JJ-128-130
Sgt. S.C. Wedgwood, 1204039, buried Eindhoven Woensel JJ-128-130
Sgt. V.F. Vinnicombe, 1188483, buried Groesbeek RCAF 16-D-14

Source:
- W.R. Chorley, Bomber Command Losses 1942 p.217
- Dutch Air War Studygroup database