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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham to attack Schiphol Airport and Valkenburg AFB. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Herbert Saville, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Finkill Parvin, observer,
Sgt Victor Robert Thomas Land, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1940

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P4377

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on a mine laying mission off Frederikshaven, Denmark. It is believed that it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Frank Batho,
Sgt Robert James Jennings,
Sgt John Jones,
Sgt James Fenton Lindsay.

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

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1940 at 0205 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L9475

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The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1948LT on August 3 on a raid over Emden. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
F/O High Christopher Corbett, pilot,
Sgt Sydney Eric Riddington, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Walter Crane, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N6174

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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9274

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham on a mission over Cherbourg. It was lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Victor Gibson,
Sgt Jack Parkinson,
P/O Rupert Edward Short.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1940 at 2045 LT

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Dornier DO.18

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K6+FH

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Crashed into the North Sea after being shot down by the pilot of a British fighter. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Ofw Karl Moritz, pilot,
Oblt Dieter Neumerkel, observer,
Fw Fritz Rogge, radio operator,
Uffz Gerhard Schultz, mechanic.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1940

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Dornier DO.17

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by a Spitfire and crashed into the sea off the Scottish coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Helmut German, pilot,
Uffz Werner Olson, mechanic,
Lt Otto-Hermann Geschke, observer,
Ofw Erich Trampler, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1940 at 0322 LT

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P4367

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane was shot down by the German Flak and later crashed into the North Sea some 150 km east of Skegness. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Bryan Norman Dingle,
F/Lt David Harold Edwards,
Sgt Alexander Joseph Giles,
Sgt William Wylie.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1940

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L7805

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2150LT on July 11 to bomb naval installations located in Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea at night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea for unknown reason. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (149th Squadron):
P/O Joseph Simon Torgalson, pilot,
P/O John Alexander Rose, pilot,
Sgt John William Craig, observer,
Sgt John Vernon Futcher, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles Suggett, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Charles William Howie, air gunner.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1720 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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N7377

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