Bodney AFB

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V6513

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1243LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Bell,
Sgt Ernest George Martin,
Sgt John Tague.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1941

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R3803

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1243LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Stocks, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Goddard Lee, observer,
P/O Eric Sidney Hale, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1941 at 1545 LT

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V6457

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1258LT on an operation to Heligoland. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 130 km north of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Birchington-on-Sea

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941 at 1730 LT

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V5596

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1257LT on an anti-shipping operation off Heligoland, Germany. It crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Birchington-on-Sea, Kent. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Crew,
Sgt Cartside,
Sgt Drummond.

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

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941

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N3569

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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 a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Bergen aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1941

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L9270

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1250LT on an anti-shipping mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 30 km off Bergen aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Albert Victor Message Farns,
Sgt William Watson Fox,
Sgt Norman Augustus Geer.

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

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1941

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Z5818

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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 Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Texel Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1941 at 1612 LT

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L9389

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney for an anti-shipping mission off the Dutch coast. While attacking the destroyer 'Ilits', it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Hugh James Walter Black, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Henry Cooke, observer,
Sgt Frank Archer, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Terschelling: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1941 at 1327 LT

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