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Z5818

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping mission. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Arthur Ford,
Sgt William Clifford Haynes,
Sgt Albert Lee.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941 at 2215 LT

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+HM

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0618

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 90 km east of Bridlington, Yorkshire. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Otto Krüger, pilot,
Gefr August Kronewitter, radio operator,
Gefr Heinrich Keller, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941

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Z5903

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1951LT on an operation to Hanover. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Gibbs, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Hubert King,
Sgt Robert Friar Murphy.

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

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1941

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R3846

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1935LT on March 18 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Raymond Brown, pilot,
P/O Gordon Collis,
Sgt Godric Loughlin.

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

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1941

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T2132

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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The airplane failed to return from an operation over Britany and probably crashed somewhere in The Channel. No trace was ever found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Herbert Leedam,
Sgt Frederick Paul Horton Oatley,
Sgt William Eric Williams.

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

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941 at 2353 LT

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N1493

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1633

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1937LT on an operation to Hamburg. The crew called for assistance at 2353LT then the airplane was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David William Arkwright,
Sgt Norman Frank Johnson,
Sgt Donald Arthur Smithies,
Sgt Samuel Wiesley Snoddon,
Sgt Daniel Pryce Williams.

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

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1904LT on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Cameron,
SGt Robert Little Grainger,
Sgt Robert Duncan Watson,
Sgt Robert Edward Frederic Wunderlich.

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

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1941

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P4850

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1939

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The airplane was lost into the sea while on an operation to Brittany. No trace was ever found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Maclean Calder,
Sgt Ronald Hazeldine Septimus Maton,
F/O Douglas Keith Plumb.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVC into the Irish Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1941

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Z5733

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