Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS

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The crew left RAF Lasham to attack the Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS located south of Brest, France. Approaching the target, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in flames in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (320th Squadron):
F/O Eduard Bakker,
Sgt Marinus Bolk,
F/O Herman Gerard van Haaften,
2nd Lt Richard Willem Hubertus van Pelt.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-2 at Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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DE+SF

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Meteorological / Weather

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Lanvéoc-Poulmic - Lanvéoc-Poulmic

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0784

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed upon takeoff from Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. A crew was injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Sier, pilot,
Arthur Klanke, meteo,
Gefr Gerhard Tiedt, radio operator,
Uffz Johannes Nass, air gunner.

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Engine failure upon takeoff.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 off Lundy Islands

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0030 LT

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V4+IH

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Lanvéoc-Poulmic - Lanvéoc-Poulmic

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3909

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The airplane departed Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS at 2100LT on May 11 on an anti-shipping operation over the Bristol Channel. While attacking at ship, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire. With the right engine on fire, the pilot reduced his altitude and ditched the airplane off Lundy Islands. The entire crew got into their dinghy and were rescued by a destroyed about six hours later. The airplane sank and was lost.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 at Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1941

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1G+??

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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3697

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Crashed for unknown reasons at Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was seriously injured.
Crew:
Uffz Fritz Kukoreit, pilot, †
Gefr Wilhelm Kabey, observer, †
Fw Arno Bönicke, radio operator,
Uffz Willi Rosenberg, mechanic, †
Ogefr Friedrich Neuhoff, air gunner. †

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Lanvéoc NAS: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941

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Bristol 152 Beaufort

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N1173

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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9208

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1115LT on maritime patrol flight. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Hexley Wybrants, pilot,
F/Lt Arthur Vicary Hunter,
P/O Louis Brull Barry,
Sgt Peter Henry Clarke,
Sgt Geoffrey Dean Holiday.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 at Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1941

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VE+CZ

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The bomber crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Obfw Franz Werner Glocke, pilot, †
Hans-Jörg Giesecke, meteo, †
Fw Heinz Goldenbow, radio operator, †
Uffz Anton Dutter, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 in Brest: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1940

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Dornier DO.17

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7T+KL

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The bomber departed Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS on an operation to Bristol. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, it went out of control and crashed 3 km north of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Anders, pilot,
Lt Karl Ganske, pilot,
Obgefr Willi Dembeck, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Tüselmann, mechanic.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 at Lanvéoc NAS: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1940

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Crashed in unknown circumstances at Lanvéoc-Poulmic NAS. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
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Lt Otto Heinrich Schmidt, pilot, †
Dr. Gustav Adolf Suckstorff, †
Fw Bernhard Wilde, radio operator,
Ogfr Alfred Neubold, air gunner. †

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland in Villeneuve-sur-Lot: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 18, 1940 at 1940 LT

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Caudron C.440 Goéland

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T-1073

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