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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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9951

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The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1610LT on 'Operation Fuller'. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Ivor Mathewson, pilot,
F/O William Henry Stephens, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Ernest Howett, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Young, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AM598

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North Coates - North Coates

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414-2680

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The airplane departed RAF North Coates to attack the German battlecruiser named 'Scharnhorst' cruising in the North Sea. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Lonsdale Cowperthwaite, pilot,
P/O John Ernest Lister, observer,
Sgt William Beverley Lenover, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman John Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Alan Forster Muris.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AT175

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Haycroft Henniker Banness,
Sgt John Canavan,
W/Cdr Geoffrey Frederick Simond,
Sgt William Victor Walters,
F/O Herbert Wathey.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7433

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1440LT on 'Operation Fuller'. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Laurance Reynolds, pilot,
P/O Peter John Hill, observer,
Sgt Hugh Patrick Anthony Guilfoyle, wireless operator and air gunner.

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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: Feb 12, 1942

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AT177

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Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

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The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Derek Guy Carter, pilot,
Sgt Donald McGregor Symes, navigator,
Sgt Frederick George Hancock, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald William Meeking, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE396

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Walter Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth William Heard, observer,
Sgt Alexander Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Cyril Toghill, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE132

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Charles Pollitt, pilot,
Sgt Irving Greenstreet, observer,
Sgt Robert John Cridge, wireless operator,
Sgt William Smith, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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P4400

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1337LT on 'Operation Fuller'. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea, maybe some 10 km west of Katwijk aan Zee.
Crew:
P/O John Robert Topping, pilot,
Sgt Frederick William Ashfield, observer,
F/O Edward Graham Fowler, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Henry Mate, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1942 at 1510 LT

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