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The aircraft departed RAF Marham at 1215LT on a reconnaissance mission to search enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast. The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (38th Squadron):
S/L M. Nolan,
F/O D. C. Maybury,
Sgt F. F. Berfick,
LAC M. F. Bedford,
AC2 G. Flynn,
P/O G. W. Brundish.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D3 into the North Sea

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1940 at 2320 LT

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M2+JK

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845

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1939

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Uffz Stier,
Fw Wilhelm Frank,
FF Schulze,
HB Gohlke.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1940 at 0230 LT

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M2+AK

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854

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1939

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and the pilot attempted to ditch off List, Sylt Island. All four crew members were rescued and the aircraft was lost.
Crew:
Hptm Schierk,
FF Schubert,
HB Möller,
Bw Scheindel.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D3 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1940

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Vickers 408 Wellington IA

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821

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1939

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The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Obltn Heinrich de Vlieger,
Lt Wolfgang Cohrs,
Uffz Hans Liesner,
Fw Helmut Suhr.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1940

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P2524

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Vickers 408 Wellington IA

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

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The aircraft departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1115LT on a reconnaissance flight to search for enemy shipping off the Danish coast. En route, the aircraft separated from the main formation (other aircraft from the 9th Squadron) when it was shot down by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110 and crashed into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (115th Squadron):
P/O Estelles A. Wickenkamp,
P/O David H. Wardlaw,
Sgt William L. Macdonald,
AC2 Henry G. Ablett,
AC2 Robert C. Peel,
P/O Julian P. Chester-Master.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1940

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N2949

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The aircraft departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1115LT on a reconnaissance flight to search for enemy shipping off the Danish coast. En route, the aircraft separated from the main formation (other aircraft from the 9th Squadron) when it was shot down by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110 and crashed into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (115th Squadron):
P/O Roy A. Gayford,
Sgt William F. Nicol,
Sgt Michael F. Murphy,
Sgt Robert J. Moore,
LAC Daniel Armstrong,
AC1 John Moss.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1940 at 1416 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L8867

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney to search for enemy shipping off Denmark. En route, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea some 180 km west of Amrun, Schleswig-Holstein. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Glyn Harries, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Henry Kelleway, observer,
LAC Eric Lionel Wolverson, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D2 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1940 at 1430 LT

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M2+GK

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While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 280 km northwest of Hörnum. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Fw Wilhelm Harms,
Lt Karl-Friedrich Bölk,
Fk Werner Lenzen,
Uffz Kasimir Niezgotka.

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It is possible that the aircraft has been shot down by an RAF Blackburn Skua.

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

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1940

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8L+GK

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