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Z9152

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Croft - Croft

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2286

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The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1732LT on November 1st on an operation to Kiel. The following night, it was last heard while in contact with RAF Bircham Newton but failed to return to base. It was lost without trace and it is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L James Mercer, pilot,
F/Lt James Reith Campbell,
Sgt Rennie Frank Duggan,
Sgt Thomas Peter Woodhouse,
F/Sgt Victor George Wright.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941 at 2204 LT

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Z6749

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2137

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1740LT on an operation to Kiel. In the evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Vannio Max Albrecht,
Sgt John Charles Brooks,
Sgt Philip Arthur Champion,
Sgt Duncan Coutts Duguid,
Sgt Jeffrey Glover.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941 at 0032 LT

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Z9220

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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2325

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1738LT on October 31 on an operation to Hamburg. Past midnight, the crew asked for help when the airplane crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt William Bourke,
F/Sgt Albert Thomas Bradly,
Sgt Samuel Burgess,
Sgt Charles Allen Guan,
Sgt Geoffrey Oliver Williams.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1941

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AE358

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1955LT on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt James Wilfred Butler,
P/O Arthur Edward Lloyd,
Sgt William Powell,
Sgt Douglas Frederick Spindler.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941

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Z6953

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Leeming - Leeming

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2245

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1656LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Robert John Albert Cleverdon,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Conroy Couch,
Sgt William Temple Hall,
Sgt William Lowe,
F/O Frank Simpson.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941

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Z6950

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

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Leeming - Leeming

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2242

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1652LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Every Roberts, pilot,
Sgt Harry Redfern Elliott, pilot,
Sgt William Partington, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Marshall Boyd, wireless operator,
Sgt John Harold Stroll, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1941

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L9602

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1917LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Francis Conn Brooks,
F/Sgt James Flannigan,
Sgt John Rudolph Johnson,
Sgt James Mycock,
P/O Neil Frederick McLean,
F/Sgt Charles Stuart O'Brien,
Sgt Charles Edward Wood.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941

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X3021

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2150LT on an operation to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Lincolnshire coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Edwin Bradley,
Sgt David Charles Cranston,
Sgt Francis Roland Lamin,
Sgt Thomas Leslie Panting.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941

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Blackburn B-26 Botha

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L6264

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Training

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