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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it suffered an engine failure and ditched in the sea some 12 miles off Cromer. A crew was killed and five others were rescued.
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F/O S. Stenocki, †
P/O E. A. Ladro,
P/O T. S. Skarzynski,
F/O Z. B. Sokolowski,
P/O T. Krzywon,
P/O L. K. Assmann.

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Failure of the port engine while approaching the British coast at night.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cromer: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3814

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The crew was completing a navigational exercise out from RAF Upwood. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed into the sea off Cromer. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Henry Farley, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Frederick Jeffery, observer, †
Sgt T. F. Heron, wireless operator.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Cromer

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941

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AD981

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2144LT on September 11 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were rescued within an hour by HMS Garth.
Crew:
Sgt G. W. Hough,
Sgt A. D. C. Dedman,
Sgt N. T. Birkett,
Sgt F. Norman.

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Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Cromer

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0240 LT

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Z6654

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Leeming - Leeming

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2088

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2000LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was damaged by a German fighter and crash landed near Cromer while trying to return to base. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Havelock,
P/O Watts,
F/S Hancock,
Sgt Fitzpatrick,
Sgt C. H. R. Ford.

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Damaged by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Cromer

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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W5710

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2005LT on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in the area of Cromer. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
S/L J. H. Sindall,
F/Sgt H. Johnson,
P/O J. A. P. Drummond,
P/O T. R. R. Wood,
Sgt Brooks,
Sgt Hart.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Cromer

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1178

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2259LT on July 25 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched 9 miles northeast of Cromer. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Klecha,
P/O Gostomski,
F/O Surawski,
Sgt Wize,
Sgt Chanecki,
Sgt Tomaszewski.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Cromer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2230LT on July 23 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Cromer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lister Mowbray Megginson, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Holme, navigator,
Sgt William Martin Watt, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Robert Evans, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Cromer: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2350LT on July 6 on an operation to Brest. While returning to base and approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cromer. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured and rescued.
Crew:
Sgt John Dennis Fitch, wireless operator, †
Sgt Anthony Stephen Beningfield, bavigator, †
Sgt J. Flint,
Sgt E. C. Atkinson.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Cromer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941

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