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Crash of a Breguet 521 Bizerte in the Bay of Biscay

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1941 at 1655 LT
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 521 Bizerte
Operator:
Registration:
KD+BE
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
26
Location:
Bay of Biscay
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World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
18
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an accident in the Bay of Biscay. All 18 crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.

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

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2990
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Bay of Biscay
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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 Scampton on a mine laying mission in the area of Bordeaux. Lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the Bay of Biscay. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Mitchell Dall,
Sgt James Gwyn Loveluck,
Sgt George Leslie Middleton,
Sgt Kenneth Ernest Young.
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