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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2034LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt William Hamilton Anderson,
Sgt Frank George Barrett,
F/Sgt Albert Douglas Foch Craig,
Sgt Russell Johnston Mountier,
Sgt Frank Richardson,
Sgt Bernard Walter Robbens.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0135 LT

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Z6574

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2045

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2034LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 60 miles northeast of RAF Bircham Newton. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Rhodes Croucher,
F/Sgt John Glover,
F/Sgt Alan Leonard Halsey,
Sgt Henry Leslie Benjamin Morphett,
Sgt John Richard Tugman.

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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 7, 1941

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Z8794

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2110LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Noel John Lake, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Allison Clark, pilot,
Sgt Robert Keith Hutt, observer,
Sgt Hugh Miller Elder, wireless operator,
Sgt Geoffrey William Richardson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Alexander Brooks, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941

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Bristol 152 Beaufort

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W6542

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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North Coates - North Coates

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9536

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a maritime patrol flight. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea, maybe off the Dutch coast.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Leslie Butt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Dawes,
Sgt Sidney Robert Longhurst,
Sgt William Timothy Udale.

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

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941

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AE247

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2152LT on August 29 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 Jack Archer,
Sgt Arthur George Clarke,
Sgt Herbert Richmond,
Sgt James Spencer.

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

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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AE302

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2245LT on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Peter James Grundy,
Sgt Alan Mitchell,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Runcorn,
Sgt Hugh Vernon Wilkinson.

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

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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T2514

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2043LT on an operation to Karlsruhe. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Frederick Youldon, pilot,
Sgt Wallace Howard Cole, pilot,
Sgt Tom Appleby, observer,
Sgt John Davidson Duthie, wireless operator,
Sgt William Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Charles Shea, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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S4+KL

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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The airplane was engaged in an operation to England when it crashed in the North Sea off the east coast of England. Lost without trace.
Crew.
Fw Walter Reinke, pilot,
Lt Helmut Wellenkamp, observer,
Uffz Werner Scheidt, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Ditermann, mechanic.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1941 at 0318 LT

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