Lincolnshire

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Oulton - Oulton

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The crew departed RAF Oulton on a navigation training exercise. The pilot decided to make a low pass over Kingerby where his girlfriend was leaving. Passing too low on the eastern side of the church, the airplane collided with trees and crashed inverted. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Francis Cocking, pilot,
Sgt Michael John Counter, observer,
Sgt Edward Jack Gill, wireless operator.

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Poor judgement on part of the pilot.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in Barrowby: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 2120 LT

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+NL

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0351

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Passing over Grantham at night, the bomber collided with a Royal Air Force Airspeed Oxford that was completing a training flight with a crew of two on board. The JU.88 dove into the ground and crashed near Barrowby, west of Grantham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans Hahn, pilot,
Uffz Ernst-Wilhelm Meissler,
Uffz Helmuth Scheidt, mechanic.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Grantham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 2119 LT

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AB767

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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City

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Spitalgate - Spitalgate

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PAC.219

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1941

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The crew departed RAF Spitalgate on a night training exercise. While cruising over the city of Grantham, the airplane collided with a German Air Force Junkers JU.88. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed. The Oxford crashed at Dysart Road in Grantham and the JU.88 crashed near Barrowby, west of Grantham. All five crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Samuel John Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Daye Graham, pilot.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Skegness

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 0825 LT

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Z9204

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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2309

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0040LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the sea some 11 miles east-southeast of Skegness. All five crew members were rescued by the Skegness lifeboat 'Anne Allen' at 1135LT.
Crew:
P/O A. C. McKenzie,
Sgt E. E. Jones,
Sgt J. D. Carmicheal,
Sgt R. J. Harwood,
Sgt V. C. Fraser.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1941

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V4033

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Waddington - Waddington

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The pilot departed RAF Waddington on a solo training exercise. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot was instructed to bail out. He abandoned the airplane that entered a dive and crashed east of RAF Fulbeck. The pilot was uninjured.

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Aircraft abandoned due to poor weather conditions.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1941

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V4034

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Aircraft abandoned due to poor weather conditions.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Lincoln: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941 at 0020 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE376

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Plain, Valley

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0009LT on an operation to Frankfurt. Eleven minutes later, it suffered a double engine failure, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Lincoln, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Haydon Smith, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Cole Walker, pilot,
Sgt Albert Raine, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Greenhalgh, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure few minutes after takeoff.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Barkston Heath

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1941

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P1085

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