Who was involved in rescue team of Canberra crash 14-July 1965 Roermond?

Hello

I lived in Roermond when an Canberra airplane crashed there in 1965
I had gone outside to check the weird sound that this airplane made, not the usual wining of a Canberra that we were so familiar with. living close to Bruggen.

Helas, I saw a plane coming straight at me, 500m away, at 50 m height. With my knees frozen of fear I fled into the house, but the plane did not fall on top of us, it was turned to it’s left and crashed in an orchard at a 100 m from us, just clear of two farmhouses.

I often wondered whether the pilot saw me, and whether he had any control over the plane in his last moments. The pilot did not bail out but stayed in the plane. The two others jumped out and fell to their death, I realised later that it was them two persons that I saw falling off the plane.

My friend and I immediately ran to rescue, through the backyards and the backside of the orchard.

We found nothing but bits and pieces, debris, fire, smoke and ammunition sizzling.
However, for reasons known to him, I’d love to talk to another witness to that scene, a british army person that too came running to rescue, from the street-side of the site, where an RAF rescue team had already arrived.
I remember that this man was crying, he led us away to the road because of the ammunition going off, he said.

I would love to find this person, to check what we saw.
Would anyone know people that were involved, could you give me a lead?

regards
Hein

I found the data here below in http://www.rafcommands.com/cgi-bin/…pic&archive=yes

RE: Canberra Crash”
Tipper,
The following may be of assistance (from Ron Cummings ‘Lost to Service – a summary of accidents to R.A.F. aircraft and losses of personnel, 1959-1996’, self published in 1996):-

14 Jul 65
Canberra B(I)6 WT324
213 Sqn
Roermond, Netherlands
Ingested bird into engine and spun into ground
Flying Officer Thomas Francis CLAPP (Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Dennis DINGLE (Navigator)
Flying Officer Hugh Mands SIME (Navigator)

213 Sqn was based at Bruggen at this time.

Errol