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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 1142LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea, about 100 km west of Zanvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Albert Causon, pilot,
Sgt Roy Spencer, observer,
Sgt William Bernard Cundill, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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AD806

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of July 5 on an operation to Osnabrück. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Arthur Holden,
F/Sgt Arthur Anthony Horn,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Johnson,
F/Sgt Henry Mainey.

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

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7272

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation off Norderney. Along the Dutch coast, while flying too low, it collided with the mast of a ship and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Morgan,
P/O Crichton Macknight Stickney,
F/Sgt Harold Kenneth Vincent Wyatt.

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

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941

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W5621

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of July 3 on an operation to Essen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Wesley Greening,
Sgt Roydon Horatio Hartstone,
Sgt Richard Edward Haycock,
Sgt Harold Jones,
Sgt John Ross Nation,
Sgt Ian Laurie Reid.

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

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941

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W5419

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2235LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Bethune Baxter,
F/Sgt Bryan Crocker, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Ivan Ferebee,
P/O Peter Donald Macalister,
F/Sgt Glyn Davies Mansel,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Porter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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6N+BA

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Chartres - Chartres

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6884

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The airplane departed Chartres Airport on an anti-shipping in the Thames estuary. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea and was lost without trace.
Crew:
Fw Karl-Heinz Plundtke, pilot,
Oblt H. Schmidt, observer,
Ofw H. Bothe, radio operator,
Ogfr H. Junge, mechanic,
Ofw F. Grass, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1941 at 0230 LT

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X3134

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The airplane ditched at night in the North Sea from where the crew were picked up by an ASR launch eight and a half days later, exhausted but in good shape after their long ordeal.
Crew:
Sgt B. Woolston,
Sgt P. McKay,
Sgt E. B. Chandler,
Sgt G. Wood.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941 at 0400 LT

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W5456

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2245LT on June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Angus Bruce Baird,
Sgt Samuel Edward Bird,
F/Sgt Joseph Nowill Lister,
Sgt Archibald Sinclair Rowan,
P/O Joseph Henry Walls.

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

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

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