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The airplane suffered an engine failure and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Gabriel Hummel, pilot,
Ernst-Christian Westermann, meteo,
Ofw Paul Keller, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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M2+DL

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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1518

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Lost without trace. May have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Fw Günther Balz, pilot,
Oblt Hermann Mitscherlich, observer,
Ogefr Erhard Pröhl, radio operator,
Ogefr Frutz Knauft, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Dec 16, 1941 at 1905 LT

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R1064

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1657LT on an operation to Ostend. At 1905LT, while returning to base, the crew was calling for assistance when the airplane crashed into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jan Blazejewski,
Sgt Bogusław Golabek,
F/O Jan Komlacz, observer,
F/O M. Szczodrowski,
Sgt K. Suwalski,
Sgt H. Rutkowski.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1941

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Z8426

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2005LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Kenneth Anson,
Sgt William Walter Covey,
P/O William Keith Hayne,
P/O Bernard Norris Murdoch,
F/Sgt Henry Brodie McGarrow,
Sgt Raymond Turner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the North Sea

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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Yes

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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1106

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and is believed to be ditched somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued.

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 2000 LT

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R1778

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea some 70 km west-northwest of Esbjerg, Denmark. Two crew members were rescued and became PoW while four others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Gordon Charles Dimond, †
Sgt Kenneth Naylor, †
Sgt Donald Ernest Williams, †
Sgt Derek Alan Willisson, †
Sgt Roy Saint Claire Finch,
Sgt John Walker Lamont.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 1900 LT

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Z9166

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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Leeming - Leeming

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2300

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1648LT on an operation to Emden. Last heard at 1900LT while outbound. Presumed lost in the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt George Stuart Illingworth,
P/O John Samuel Knowles,
P/O Max Kiri Nelson,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Wales,
Sgt William Webster.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941 at 1835 LT

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W5476

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Pocklington - Pocklington

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1721LT on an operation to Hamburg. At 1835LT, the crew indicated he was returning to base when contact was lost. It is believed that the airplane crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Robert Clare Bisset, pilot,
Sgt William Leslie Evans,
F/Sgt Charles Edward Hillmer,
F/Sgt Alan John Knight,
Sgt Ronald Percy Mann,
P/O Robert Addison Mather.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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