1943 Bodegraven Martin B-26 Marauder crashes
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder · Mid-air collision
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 8 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 4
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 4
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Martin B-26 Marauder
- Aircraft type
- Martin B-26
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- United States Army Air Forces
- Onboard fatalities
- 8
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Bodegraven, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1943 Bodegraven Martin B-26 Marauder mid-air collision occurred on 17 May 1943, when two Martin B-26 Marauder bombers of the United States Army Air Forces collided mid-air above the Dutch town of Bodegraven during World War II. The crash, which killed eight crew members and injured four others, became the deadliest war-related incident in Bodegraven. A third bomber made a forced landing nearby and its crew were taken prisoner.
Background
On May 14, 1943, the first low-level bombing raid over Western Europe was conducted, flying at an altitude of approximately 15 meters above sea level and 150 meters above land. The objective of the mission was to disable electrical power plants in the western Netherlands, including those located in Haarlem and Velsen. The operation achieved only partial success, prompting a follow-up mission.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1943 Bodegraven Martin B-26 Marauder crashes
- Revision
- 1353348550 · 2026-05-09 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q138816622
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1943 Bodegraven Martin B-26 Marauder crashes" (page 80241768, revision 1353348550)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.