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1942-05-30 The loss of Hudson V9122 NO-N (Buijnink)

Crash site: North Sea North of Ameland, NL

Crash cause: exploded after a Flak hit

Name

1. Broek, Arnold Marie Lambert van den

Dutch RAF aviator datasheet


A.L.M. van den Broek Source: SLH

Rank

Res Sgt Vl, Sgt., Obs

Stb.Nr. 21079

Decorations

None known

Born

17/9/1911

Place

Oirschot, NL

Squadron

RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command

Ops/hr

Aircraft

Hudson Mk. III Nr. V9122 NO-N 'Wageningen'

Base

RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, GB

Mission

Anti shipping patrol. Take-off 23:00h

Status

MIA, said to have collided with barrage balloon cable, but also reported as exploded after a Flak hit.

age

30

Missing

30/5/1942

Place

North Sea North of Ameland, NL

Known to

OGS

yes

CWGC

no

Other crew

2. Maj Vl ML P. Buijnink, Pilot - MIA

3. Vltg Telegr maat M. Versluis, Wop/Ag - MIA

4. Marinier 1kl H.L. Emmens, Wop/Ag - MIA

Memorial

Soesterberg

yes

Memorial

Other

yes

Bircham Newton General Memorial

GB arrival

31/5/1940 with Dutch vessel 'Batavier II' from Cherbourg, France, after an escape from Holland on 16/5/1940. Detached KL to KM. Send from England to NEI 1/9/1940 for military flying training

Remarks

Data confusion

MLD: Ameland; OGS: Waddenzee

De Haan: aircraft flew into a barrage balloon cable

Name

2. Buijnink, Pieter

Dutch RAF aviator datasheet


P. Buijnink. Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50

Rank

Maj Vl ML, F/Lt., Pilot

Stb.Nr. 11771

Decorations

Vliegerkruis

Born

22/6/1911

Place

Maassluis, NL

Squadron

RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command

Ops/hrs

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Aircraft

Hudson Mk. III Nr. V9122 NO-N 'Wageningen'

Base

RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, GB

Mission

Anti shipping patrol. Take-off 23:00h

Status

MIA, said to have collided with barrage balloon cable, but also reported as exploded after a Flak hit.

age

30

Missing

30/5/1942

Place

North Sea North of Ameland, NL

Known to

OGS

yes

CWGC

no

Other crew

1. Res Sgt Vl A.L.M. van den Broek, Obs - MIA

3. Vltg Telegr maat M. Versluis, Wop/Ag - MIA

4. Marinier 1kl H.L. Emmens, Wop/Ag - MIA

Memorial

Soesterberg

yes

Memorial

Other

yes

Bircham Newton General Memorial

GB arrival

22/5/1940 from France after he, in a group of 24 aircraft, mostly Fokker trainers, had escaped from Holland on 14/5/1940

Remarks

He was credited with one 1.500t cargo vessel sunk in the Bokna Fjord, North of Stavanger, Norway, on 31/10/1941; and one 8.000t cargo vessel 15' NW of the Lista peninsula on 17/11/1941

Vliegerkruis, 29/11/1941, wegens

Het gedurende meer dan een jaar deelnemen aan de operaties op verschillende vliegtuigen, waarbij 213 dag- en nacht vlieguren in oorlogsopdrachten werden volbracht en herhaaldelijk, in contact met den vijand, moed, inititatief en volharding werden betoond, zodat op succesvolle wijze aan de oorlogvoering in de lucht werd deelgenomen waarbij op 31 October 1941 en op 17 November 1941 op vijandelijke koopvaardijschepen, ondanks het afweervuur, bomtreffers werden verkregen.

Data confusion

MLD: Ameland; OGS: Waddenzee

De Haan: aircraft flew into a barrage balloon cable

OGS: Majoor vlieger KM

Name

3. Versluis, Marius

Dutch RAF aviator datasheet

M. Versluis Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50


Rank

Vltg Telegr maat, Lac., Wop/Ag

Decorations

None known

Born

24/2/1919

Place

Schelluinen, NL

Squadron

RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command

Ops/hrs

Aircraft

Hudson Mk. III Nr. V9122 NO-N 'Wageningen'

Base

RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, GB

Mission

Anti shipping patrol. Take-off 23:00h

Status

MIA, said to have collided with barrage balloon cable, but also reported as exploded after a Flak hit.

age

23

Missing

30/5/1942

Place

North Sea North of Ameland, NL

Known to

OGS

yes

CWGC

no

Other crew

1. Res Sgt Vl A.L.M. van den Broek, Obs - MIA

2. Maj Vl ML P. Buijnink, Pilot - MIA

4. Marinier 1kl H.L. Emmens, Wop/Ag - MIA

Memorial

Soesterberg

yes

Memorial

Other

yes

Bircham Newton General Memorial

GB arrival

Remarks

Data confusion

MLD: Ameland; OGS: North Sea

De Haan: aircraft flew into a barrage balloon cable

Name

4. Emmens, Hiddo Lukas

Dutch RAF aviator datasheet


H.L. Emmens Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50

Rank

Marinier 1kl, Lac., Wop/Ag

Stb.Nr. M.4781

Decorations

None known

Born

13/2/1917

Place

Appingedam, NL

Squadron

RAF 320 (Dutch) Sqn Coastal Command

Ops/hrs

Aircraft

Hudson Mk. III Nr. V9122 NO-N 'Wageningen'

Base

RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, GB

Mission

Anti shipping patrol. Take-off 23:00h

Status

MIA, said to have collided with barrage balloon cable, but also reported as exploded after a Flak hit.

age

25

Missing

30/5/1942

Place

North Sea North of Ameland, NL

Known to

OGS

yes

CWGC

no

Other crew

1. Res Sgt Vl A.L.M. van den Broek, Obs - MIA

2. Maj Vl ML P. Buijnink, Pilot - MIA

3. Vltg Telegr maat M. Versluis, Wop/Ag - MIA

Memorial

Soesterberg

yes

Memorial

Other

yes

1. In Wagenborgen, Groningen, NL, a street was given his name.

Wagenborgen Emmens 2b

2. Monument in Wagenborgen, NL

Wagenborgen Emmens 1b

3. Bircham Newton General Memorial

GB arrival

Remarks

Data confusion

MLD: Ameland; OGS: North Sea near Frisian Isles

De Haan: aircraft flew into a barrage balloon cable

Bosch kent Versluis en Emmens niet, en noemt Res Sgt Vl A.C. den Boer en Off Vl 1kl H. Schaper, die beiden overleefden, en krijgsgevangen werden genomen. Bosch verwart met Hudson 'Cheribon', die tijdens deze missie en geslaagde noodlanding op zee moest maken. De bemanning werd gered door een Duits Flakschip, en vertrok naar krijgsgevangenschap. Tot deze bemanning behoorden ook Sgt Telegr A.J.I. Lensing en Matroos 2kl M. Loos.

320 Sqn Hudson AM939 'Cheribon' was also hit by Flak during this mission, and emergency-landed succesfully at sea. The crew was rescued by a German Flak ship, and taken POW.

Map 22. North Sea, crash area of Hudson V9122 NO-N (Buijnink)


North Sea, from the West point of Terschelling, looking towards the crash area of Hudson V9122.

Terschelling 060702 V9122 area


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