Great Massingham AFB

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V6139

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1029LT on an operation to Westerland. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Sylt Island. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Clement Murray Chown,
Sgt Michael Kelly,
Sgt Alfred Ernest William Smith.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Sylt Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

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R3801

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1030LT on an operation to Westerland. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Andrew Hillock Drysdale, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Thomas Frank Edwards, observer,
Sgt Harold Challis, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Dunkirk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941

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V6195

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1858LT on operation 'Circus 20'. Approaching Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Viner Redfearn-Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Alfred Rudkin, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Thomas Noakes, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Dunkirk

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941

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V5517

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1858LT on operation 'Circus 20'. Approaching Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Buckingham,
F/O Edward Thomas Fairbank,
P/O Thomas Frederick Harrison.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1941

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V6367

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0913LT on an anti-shipping operation to Germany. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea off the German coast.
All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Alfred Lewis,
P/O Reginald Gwynne Sammons,
Sgt Peter John Walker.

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

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1941

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T2047

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0915LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea while approaching the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Montague Victor Berry,
Sgt Gordon Allan Kaye,
Sgt Francis Samuel Burnside Knox.

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

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1941

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T1921

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0915LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea while approaching the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Frederick Fordham,
P/O Theodore Buckland Grenon,
Sgt Ronald George Lehmann Morley.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1941

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L9272

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1400LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching Heligoland Island, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas John Robert Craig, †
Sgt Robert George Ratcliffe,
Sgt Frederick John Joseph Smith.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Great Massingham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1941

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L1216

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