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Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
7T+MK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2844
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to its base following an operation over Liverpool. It is believed that it probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Joachim Ignatius, pilot,
Ogefr Werner Adam, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Becker, mechanic,
Lt Alfred Schumacher, observer.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X3047
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Gilbert Morgan,
Sgt Peter David Adams,
Sgt Edwin James Bushell,
Sgt Donald Alfred Jenner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2915
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
P/O Thomas Dawson,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Barker,
Sgt Joseph Cutler,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hayes.

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

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1891
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1825LT on October 28 on an operation to Homberg. Lost without trace, probably after it crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Clifton Winnington Grannum,
Sgt James Edward Greenwood,
P/O Norman Arthur Knight.

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

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9292
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off the Danish coast. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William John Finlayson,
P/O Rex Martyn Sanderson,
Sgt Jack Gibbs,
Sgt William Grice Hitchmough,
Sgt Reginald William Bryant White,
P/O Frederick Bernard Cleak, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9243
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1900LT and was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Edmund Norman Keller,
Sgt Randolph Frederick Denning,
Sgt Charles Harold Douglas,
Sgt Arthur Reginald Mattick,
Sgt Bernard Shuttleworth,
Sgt Albert Wright.

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

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9273
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2222LT on October 9 on an operation to Heringen. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick Tawse Catto,
Sgt Kenneth Mcnab Davidson,
F/O Roy Giffard Furness,
Sgt Francis George Rae McDonald,
Sgt Marcus Pete Reynolds,
Sgt Kenneth Shimells.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
7T+HL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2771
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hans Langer, pilot,
Lt Erik van harbou, observer,
Ogfr Herbert Rübensam, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Göhlich, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4417
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Stenhouse Boak, pilot,
Sgt Francis John Brooker,
Sgt James Douglas Marshall,
Sgt Charles Harold Wise.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
L4488
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
8349
YOM:
1940
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1235LT on a maritime patrol mission. While cruising along the Belgian coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Francis Driscoll Flinn,
Sgt Francis Arthur O'Malley,
W/O Alexander Mitchell Buchan Robertson,
Sgt Stanley Walter Shirley.
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