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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7280
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
The Channel
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Region:
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt John Maxwell Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Allen McManus, observer,
Sgt Wynne Roberts, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941 at 0322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE263
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
North Sea
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Region:
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2225LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Edward Baker,
Sgt Terence Craven,
Sgt Geoffrey Stewart Lodington,
F/Sgt Eric Nigel Riddell Robertson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G in the Arctic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.18
Operator:
Registration:
K6+AL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
869
YOM:
1940
Location:
Arctic Ocean
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World
Region:
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the Arctic Ocean.
Crew:
Uffz Herbert Guhl, pilot,
Lt Peter von Nottbeck, observer,
Ogefr Georg Glück, radio operator,
Uffz Hubert Glöser, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6655
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
MSN:
2089
YOM:
1941
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
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Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2219LT on August 8 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and severely damaged. Unable to make the English coast, the crew ditched the airplane some 78 miles northeast of Blyth. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Bell,
Sgt Pindon,
Sgt Buttell,
Sgt R. Boucher,
Sgt Porter.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9676
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2212LT on August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Władisław Henryk Cichowski,
F/O Edmund Jura,
F/O S. Jasinski,
F/O T. Chrostowski,
Sgt F. Jezierski
Sgt C. Szczukowski.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9750
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of August 6 on an operation to Frankfurt. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Gordon Burnett,
Sgt William John Vincent Crowsley,
P/O Colin Mcdougall Didsbury,
Sgt Norman Evans Mills,
Sgt Edgar James Page,
P/O Gerald Daniel Edward Stack.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1648
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
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Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2247LT on August 6 on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW and two others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Wilson Bottomley, †
Sgt William Neill Kennedy Mellon, †
Sgt Leopold Ian Adrian Millett,
Sgt Richard Grosvenor Morgan,
Sgt Deryck Polley,
Sgt Clifford Simpson.

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

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L4899
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
8914
YOM:
1939
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Louvain Burton,
Sgt William Swann Robinson,
P/O Leslie Ward.

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

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE140
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
North Sea
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World
Region:
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Karlsruhe. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Stuart William Stott Beedie,
Sgt James Roland Cook,
Sgt Harold Edward Fear,
Sgt Frederick Thomas Prest.

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

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Location:
North Sea
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Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Calais. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere into the sea.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Thornton Clark,
Sgt John Henry Howard Cutmore,
Sgt Percy Albert Hammond,
F/Sgt Eric Francis Reeve.
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