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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2303LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea, probably between the Dutch coast and the Ordford Ness. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jeffcote Louvain Angell,
F/Sgt Lewis Victor Goode,
Sgt Sidney Norman Harvey,
Sgt William Florence MacGregor,
Sgt Robert Tuck Martin,
P/O Geoffrey Hiram Standeford Pullen.

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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: Jun 16, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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AD863

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on June 15 on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Gray Dickie,
Sgt Albert Leslie Glaves,
Sgt Edward Ralph Hall,
Sgt Peter Somers.

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

Date & Time: Jun 16, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6034

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton on an anti-shipping operation. While attacking a German ship, the airplane collided with the mast of the ship and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Evered Arthur Reginald Rex Leavers, pilot,
Sgt Ian Overheu, observer,
Sgt Joseph William Howell Phelps, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0135 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Leeming - Leeming

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2109

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2302LT on June 12 on an operation to Schwerte. It turn back at the Dutch coast with the left engine failing. It was eventually ditched in the North Sea at 0135LT. All five crew members were rescued in the early hours.
Crew:
P/O M. Littlewood,
Sgt A. Poupard,
P/O Stevens-Fox,
Sgt Wilkison,
Sgt Harrison.

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Engine failure.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941 at 0030 LT

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2300LT on June 12 on an operation to Soest. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, some 100 km north of Texel. A crew was killed and three others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Wardrop, †
Sgt Joseph Edward Hughff,
F/Lt Patrick John Shaw Shaughnessy,
Sgt Charles William Townend.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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S4+GH

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Ernst Prahl, pilot,
Lt Horst Gothan, observer,
Gefr Leopold Führer, radio operator,
Uffz Erich Klex, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1941

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Dornier DO.18

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8L+CL

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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While on a maritime patrol flight, the floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea. A crew was killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Ofw Willi Hagen, pilot,
Lt Helmut Ohlendorf, observer, †
Uffz Fritz Augustin, radio operator,
Ofw August Conizianer, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941 at 0320 LT

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was hit by enemy fire and later crashed in the North Sea, some 100 km west of Texel. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt L. Chowanski, †
F/Lt Stanisław Tadeusz Sedzik,
P/O Walerian Jerzy Sojka,
W/O Wacław Weinberg,
Sgt Ludwik Maciej,
Sgt Stanisław Josef Kruk-Schuster.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941

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