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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2015LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
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F/Sgt James Edward Sneeston, pilot,
Sgt Eric Norman Brundish,
Sgt John William Mulford,
Sgt John Melville Taylor.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T2141

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1310LT on an anti-shipping mission. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 off Brittany and crashed in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lionel Lewis Evered,
Sgt Kenneth Gaston Gresty,
Sgt Ivor Griffiths Sarjeant.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 into the Irish Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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4T+FH

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5722

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The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in the Irish Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Ofw Willi Becker,
R/Rat Georg Gründel,
Ofw Friedrich Zahn,
Gefr Horst Steinbrecht,
Ofw Friedrich Ehlerns.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into The Channel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1941

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R1493

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Alconbury - Alconbury

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2040LT on April 10 on an operation to Bordeaux. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons in The Channel. A crew was killed and five others were rescued and became PoW.
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P/O John Peter Leslie Branson, †
F/Lt Frederick Anthony Bowler,
F/Lt Leonard Stewart Dunley,
Sgt Edward Alan Jewson,
Sgt Ernest Spencer,
P/O Anthony Barclay Trench.

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

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N3569

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1257LT on an anti-shipping operation off Heligoland, Germany. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Wilfred Gadsby,
F/Sgt John Maurice Irving,
Sgt John Gardner MacIlwraith.

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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941 at 0152 LT

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Z6468

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1980

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2027LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. Last contact heard at 0152LT. The airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Francis Charles Cole,
F/Sgt Walter Edward Craven,
F/Sgt John Derbyshire,
Sgt Harold Raymond Martin,
Sgt Robert Cyril Smith.

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

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Arthur Chatfield,
Sgt Herbert Robinson Eeaston,
Sgt Kenneth Manson,
Sgt Cecil Harry Reuben Mercer,
Sgt Roylance Claude Plummer,
Sgt Russell Arthur Williams.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941 at 1340 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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9182

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1130LT to attack ships in the Gironde Estuary. While cruising along the French coast, it was probably shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Edward Cree,
F/Sgt John Alfred Faill,
F/O Robert Leslie Hicks,
F/Sgt Wilfred Crichton Philp Mitchell.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941

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