Denmark

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R3802

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Ronald Alfred George Ellen, pilot,
Sgt Vivian John Dance, observer,
Sgt Gordon Davies, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3829

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L R. N. Wardell, pilot,
F/Sgt George Percy Moore, observer, †
Sgt Thomas Eckford Girvan, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aabybro: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3904

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Aabybro, about 10 km northwest of Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt B. T. J. Newland, pilot,
Sgt George Cyril Ankers, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Victor Turner, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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T1827

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Norman Clifford Jones, pilot, †
P/O Thomas Johnson Cranidge, observer, †
Sgt J. F. H. Bristow, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Vust

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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T1889

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in a field located in Vust, about 48 km west of the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Murphy Mervyn Biden,
Sgt Thomas Graham,
Sgt J. A. Oates.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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T1933

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Alfred John Parfitt, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Reginald Youngs, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Walter Neaverson, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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T1934

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Edward Collis De Virac Lart, pilot,
P/O Maurice Hardy Gillingham, observer,
Sgt Augustus Spencer Beeby, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Lemvig

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1940

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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R3895

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham on a mission over Aalborg. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Lemvig, Denmark. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Bertram Patrick Hanlon,
F/Lt Meville Neil Mcfadyen Kennedy,
Sgt George Remnant.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skagen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940 at 0050 LT

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L4087

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