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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1940 at 0715 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P5021
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1743
YOM:
1940
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1945LT on September 9 on an operation to Berlin. After being damaged by the German Flak, it was ditched in the North Sea about 120 miles east of of the Firth of Fourth. A crew drowned and all four other occupants were rescued from their dinghy by a naval launch.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon McAlister, †
P/O Millson,
Sgt H. C. G. Brook,
Sgt E. A. Young,
P/O D. Careless.
Probable cause:
Damaged by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1940 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
N1146
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
MSN:
9181
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:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 0130LT. The last contact was recorded at 0240LT and it is believed that it crashed into the sea between Yarmouth and Orford Ness. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Dick Gunn, pilot,
Sgt James Murray,
Sgt Sydney Gordon Twitchin,
Sgt Cyril Sydney Frank Beer, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1851
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
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 Wattisham on an operation to Ostend. It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alexander Brise Travers Cazalet,
Sgt Leonard Charnock,
Sgt Edward Francis Thompson.

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

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3612
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
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 Wyton on an operation over Ostend. It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Theos Geoffrey Scott Jarman,
Sgt William Ian Struan Patrick,
Sgt Victor William Pegler.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3915
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
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 1200LT to reconnoitre the Belgian and Dutch coast. It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alexander William Locke Cobbe,
P/O Henry Morton Christopher,
Sgt William Hogg Cassells.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3730
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Location:
North Sea
All World
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 1200LT to reconnoitre the Belgian and Dutch coast. It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Maxwell McCausland,
Sgt Ronald Samuel Fletcher,
Sgt John Bernard Philpott.

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

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8848
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
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 Oakington at 1555LT on an operation over the Netherlands. While approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Lawrence Clayton, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Coish, observer,
Sgt Gordon Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1940 at 0440 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4935
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
1662
YOM:
1940
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2033LT on September 6 to bomb the Salzhot Oil Depot in Berlin. Last heard on w/t at 0440 by which time the crew had flown as far as 0340E. Despite an extensive air and sea search, no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. It is possible that it crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Dennis Joseph Arthur Stevens,
F/O Roy Haydn Thomas,
Sgt Ronald Hilton,
Sgt Brian Walter Neville,
Sgt Harold Victor Seed.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Registration:
5K+??
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2619
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:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Ofw W. Kleine, pilot,
Hptm F. Ötting, observer,
Fw I. Hubert, mechanic,
Uffz E. Völkert, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Sep 6, 1940 at 0456 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P1172
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 Hamburg. At 0456LT, the crew reported difficulties when the airplane crashed into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O John Edward Newton Clare, pilot,
Sgt Charles Owen Clarke,
Sgt Walter Thomson,
Sgt William Leslie Powell.
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