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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Roy Paxton, pilot,
P/O Herbert Mitchell Clarke, observer,
F/O Royston Charles Holloway, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7300

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Felix Gwynne Gill, pilot,
Sgt Albert William Humphries, observer,
Sgt Duncan Watt Marshall, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6249

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Richard Thomas Stubbs, pilot,
P/O John Whitfield Bradley, observer,
Sgt William Paterson Thom, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941

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R1219

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0007LT on an operation to Cologne. After the bomber was plotted over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George Albert Highfield, †
W/O Vincent Ivor Bowden,
P/O Redmond Charles Carroll,
P/O Gerald Albert Douglas Imeson,
W/O James Parkington,
Sgt James Robertson Ritchie.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941 at 0742 LT

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T2879

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1924LT on September 28 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Stewart Parry, pilot,
Sgt Ian James Robertson, pilot,
P/O William Raymond James Brown, observer,
Sgt Alfred William Musgrave Chapman, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Hugh Mclennan Macdonald, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Fieldhouse, 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: Sep 29, 1941

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Z8868

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 28 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base the following night and it is believed that it probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Lindsay Chapman,
Sgt Arthur Henry Greenwood,
Sgt George Hudson,
Sgt Hunter Arthur Aubrey North,
Sgt John William Paul,
F/Sgt Ronald George Postans.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 11 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. Believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Aubyn Tomlinson, pilot,
Sgt Derek Frederick Dunlop,
F/Sgt Talfryn Barton Hopkins,
Sgt Maurice Wyndham Stuart McVety,
Sgt Keith Vernon Dudley Roe,
Sgt Norman Tweedie.

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

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941

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P5109

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2047LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. Last heard on w/t indicating the crew were preparing to ditch some 80 miles off the east coast. No trace of the crew nor the airplane was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Louis Fitsell,
P/O John Charles Greenfield,
Sgt Kenneth Albert Irwin,
Sgt Joseph Nightingale,
P/O Robert Peter Purvis.

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

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941

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