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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Alconbury - Alconbury

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2040LT on April 10 on an operation to Bordeaux. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons in The Channel. A crew was killed and five others were rescued and became PoW.
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P/O John Peter Leslie Branson, †
F/Lt Frederick Anthony Bowler,
F/Lt Leonard Stewart Dunley,
Sgt Edward Alan Jewson,
Sgt Ernest Spencer,
P/O Anthony Barclay Trench.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941

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X2899

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1950LT on a mine laying operation off Brest. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Anthony Foster,
Sgt Marcus Anthony Hollingshead,
P/O Anthony Eyre Jackson,
P/O Anthony Frank Phillips.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1941

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N3552

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1940LT on an operation to Brest. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Derek Addenbrooke,
Sgt Eric Edwin Blomeley,
P/O William Johnston Fenton.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1941

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T2132

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The airplane failed to return from an operation over Britany and probably crashed somewhere in The Channel. No trace was ever found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Herbert Leedam,
Sgt Frederick Paul Horton Oatley,
Sgt William Eric Williams.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1941

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P4850

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9365

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1939

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The airplane was lost into the sea while on an operation to Brittany. No trace was ever found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Maclean Calder,
Sgt Ronald Hazeldine Septimus Maton,
F/O Douglas Keith Plumb.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling in The Channel: 8 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1941

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N3653

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1843LT on March 2 on an operation to Brest. The following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in The Channel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L John Martin Griffith-Jones,
P/O William Ian Dalgliesh,
P/O William Thomas Watkins,
Sgt Roger Hinton,
Sgt Robert Lee McCarthy,
Sgt John Stephen Legge,
LAC Walter John Richards,
Sgt Jack Nicholson Holdsworth.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1941

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T2031

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Bodney - Bodney

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The crew departed RAF Bodney on an operation over the Channel Ports. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Dalton,
Sgt Ronald Henry Thomas,
Sgt Wilfred Lake.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into The Channel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1940

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P5077

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1785

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1800LT on November 27 on an operation to Le Havre. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into The Channel. All five crew members were killed.
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P/O Edward Read Osborn,
Sgt Ralph Collier,
Sgt Walter Livesey,
Sgt Dennis Rowley,
Sgt George Edward West.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940

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