Two P47s of the USAAF collided over Holland.
One crashed at Herpen. The pilot, Lt. Col. Melvin F. McNickle, was captured and became a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III.
The second plane crashed into the Zuider Zee. The pilot, Lieutenant James F. Byers, McNickle's wing-man, was killed. The wreckage was located in 1976.
McNickle's career has been extensively documented, here, and here.
This account gives a different version of the crash.
His twin brother was retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant General, and a younger brother was shot down and killed in Burma.
George Thomas Hodgson, 578 Squadron
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has a photograph and biography of Hodgson, extracted from the Album of Honor for Brant County.
21 September 1944 Niftrik-Hernen Netherlands
Stirling LJ810 of 196 Squadron RAF.
Aviation Safety Network
Flight Sergeant Peter Bode Bode's grave is one of two Commonwealth Graves at Wijchen; the other is Flight Sergeant William H Skewes. More on Skewes here. This reference also provides more information on LJ810:
21 September 1944
196 Squadron.
Stirling IV LJ810
Place: Between Niftrik and Heren.
This aircraft was attacked by three fighters and although one was shot down by the air gunner, the others pressed home their attack successfully. This crew had completed their tour on 19 September but agreed to fly another sortie due to the shortage of crews. Azouz and his bomb aimer were Jewish and this day was the Day of Atonement. having baled out, Azouz was machine gunned by the enemy fighters which had been attacking his aircraft and he was killed.
Casualties....
W/O. Mark Azouz. 22. DFC. Pilot.
F/S. Peter Harold Bode. 21. Air Gunner
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