Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3847

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney James Newcombe,
Sgt Frank George Mills,
Sgt Terence James Jervis.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1010 LT

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R3876

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Mathieson Barnet Brown, pilot,
Sgt Claude Donald Stevens, observer,
Sgt James Morton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1010 LT

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N3619

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William Duncan Mackley, pilot,
Sgt William Lloyd Rawson, observer,
Sgt Jack Brereton Dorrington, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1010 LT

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L8872

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/LT John David William Murray, pilot,
Sgt Tom Willoughby Hartley, observer,
Sgt Gerald Ernest Duck, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Stavanger: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1000 LT

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R3750

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger-Sola Airport. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
F/O Richard Adrian Hopkinson, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon Andrew,
Sgt George Alfred Miles.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Wissant: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940

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L8836

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Wyton - Wyton

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a reconnaissance mission to Lisieux. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Wissant. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Robert Hector Batt, pilot,
Sgt Alan Spencer, observer,
Sgt Percival Eric Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Bruges: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1940 at 1807 LT

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R3896

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a reconnaissance mission over Ghent. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed near Bruges. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Christopher Morris Bamber, pilot,
Sgt John Holdsworth, observer,
Sgt George Reid, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Düsseldorf: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1940

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P4843

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Plain, Valley

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Watton - Watton

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9358

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1939

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Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Watton on a bombing mission over Germany. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Düsseldorf, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Hutton, pilot,
Sgt Charles William Pickering, observer,
Sgt John Aiden Rogers, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Stavanger: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1940 at 1050 LT

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P6950

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