Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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T2625

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2226LT on August 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the border between the Netherlands and Germany, it was shot down by a Do.215 and crashed in Boen. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Stanisław Cioch, †
Sgt Edward Kozlowski, navigator, †
Cpt Michal Liniewski, †
F/O Jan Leonard Maria Wiszniewski, †
Sgt Zenon Sylwester Baderski,
Sgt Ignacy Gacon.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Greup

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0603 LT

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Z8807

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The airplane departed RAF Bassingbourn in the evening of August 6 to drop leaflets over France. The last radio contact was after the airplane passed over Rotterdam then it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Greup. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Charlesworth,
Sgt T. Humphrey,
Sgt Ronald Charles Mackenzie,
Sgt Stanley Pryor,
Sgt Leonard Edward Sparks,
Sgt James Athol Walker.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Saint-Omer

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0555 LT

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Z8704

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2225LT on August 6 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Saint-Omer in the early morning of the following day. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Basil Cleaver,
Sgt Norman Charles Davies,
Sgt Eric Lloyd,
Sgt Raymond Parish,
Sgt Michael Picton Whitworth,
Sgt D. McCraig.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Thorembais-Saint-Trond: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941 at 0338 LT

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X9633

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Plain, Valley

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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Thorembais-Saint-Trond

Walloon Brabant

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Belgium

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2239LT on August 6 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Thorembais-Saint-Trond. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Shirley Ellis, pilot,
Sgt James Thompson Farmer, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Ernest George Denier, observer,
Sgt Geoffrey Lickley, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Yoxall, wireless operator,
Sgt Vernon Beverley Quinlan, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941

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X9676

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2212LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Władisław Henryk Cichowski,
F/O Edmund Jura,
F/O S. Jasinski,
F/O T. Chrostowski,
Sgt F. Jezierski
Sgt C. Szczukowski.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941

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X9750

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Stradishall - Stradishall

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Gordon Burnett,
Sgt William John Vincent Crowsley,
P/O Colin Mcdougall Didsbury,
Sgt Norman Evans Mills,
Sgt Edgar James Page,
P/O Gerald Daniel Edward Stack.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Schermbeck: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941

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W5721

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Plain, Valley

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Snaith - Snaith

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Schermbeck

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2235LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the village of Schermbeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Alexander Cairns Anderson, pilot,
P/O Cowen Landreth, pilot,
P/O Alistair Ferguson Bruce, observer,
Sgt Joseph Hagan Bolton, wireless operator,
Sgt William John Culley, wireless operator,
P/O Arthur Wilfred Lambert, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941

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R1648

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Feltwell - Feltwell

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2247LT on August 6 on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW and two others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Wilson Bottomley, †
Sgt William Neill Kennedy Mellon, †
Sgt Leopold Ian Adrian Millett,
Sgt Richard Grosvenor Morgan,
Sgt Deryck Polley,
Sgt Clifford Simpson.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Sint-Martens-Voeren: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941

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R1524

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