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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Ostend. It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Bowles,
Sgt Abraham Lackenby,
Sgt Victor Radford.

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

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1940

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P4992

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Linton-on-Ouse - Lonton-on-Ouse

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1714

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on an operation to Antwerp. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea while approaching the Belgian coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Walter Morrison Douglas, pilot,
Sgt John Baugley,
P/O Ronald Percy Brayne,
Sgt Dennis Victor Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt John Alan Raper.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+AH

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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190

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Werner Palm, pilot,
Gefr Hans Reinisch, observer,
Gefr Rudolf Haberland, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1940

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N1478

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1618

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb oil storage facilities in the area of Vlissingen. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clarence Sydney Robson,
Sgt Luke James Furze,
Sgt John Cresswell Greig,
Sgt Ronald Macaulay Heyworth,
Sgt James Kelly.

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

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R2786

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on operation 'Invasion Ports'. It was lost without trace, maybe after crashing into The Channel or the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Leslie Norgrove Hughes,
SGt Ronald Emes Hollingshead,
Sgt Oswald Morris Yeomans.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I into the Celtic Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1940

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Avro 652 Anson

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K6262

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Celtic Sea, some 50 miles west off Lundy Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Sidney Bensted,
Sgt Joseph Goddard,
LAC Ernest Richards,
P/O Harry Steel,
P/O Antony O'Neill Willcox.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1940 at 0715 LT

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P5021

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1743

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1945LT on September 9 on an operation to Berlin. After being damaged by the German Flak, it was ditched in the North Sea about 120 miles east of of the Firth of Fourth. A crew drowned and all four other occupants were rescued from their dinghy by a naval launch.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon McAlister, †
P/O Millson,
Sgt H. C. G. Brook,
Sgt E. A. Young,
P/O D. Careless.

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Damaged by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1940 at 0240 LT

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Bristol 152 Beaufort

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N1146

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Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

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9181

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 0130LT. The last contact was recorded at 0240LT and it is believed that it crashed into the sea between Yarmouth and Orford Ness. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Dick Gunn, pilot,
Sgt James Murray,
Sgt Sydney Gordon Twitchin,
Sgt Cyril Sydney Frank Beer, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T1851

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