Lossiemouth AFB

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N3619

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William Duncan Mackley, pilot,
Sgt William Lloyd Rawson, observer,
Sgt Jack Brereton Dorrington, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1010 LT

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L8872

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/LT John David William Murray, pilot,
Sgt Tom Willoughby Hartley, observer,
Sgt Gerald Ernest Duck, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1940 at 1000 LT

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R3750

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a bombing mission over Stavanger-Sola Airport. Approaching the target, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
F/O Richard Adrian Hopkinson, pilot,
Sgt John Gordon Andrew,
Sgt George Alfred Miles.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Apr 30, 1940

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N6202

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

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9301

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth to bomb the Stavanger-Sola Airport. Approaching the target, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
LAC John Rosemond,
Sgt Frank James Robert Beavis,
Sgt Ronald Abbott.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 30, 1940

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L9242

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth to bomb the Stavanger-Sola Airport. Approaching the target, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. A crew member bailed out and became PoW while both other occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/L K. C. Doran, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Henry John Batterick, observer, †
P/O Frederick Maurice Norman Searle. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1940

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N6214

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Plain, Valley

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

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9313

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on an anti-submarine mission to Ulvik. While attacking ships, the airplane crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilbert Priestley, pilot,
Sgt William Trevor Howells, observer,
LAC Robert Arthur Roberts, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1940

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L8750

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The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth at 0120LT on a bombing mission over Stavanger. It is believed that it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
F/O John Dawson Murphy, pilot,
Sgt George Christopher Durie, observer,
LAC Edward Lewis Weeks, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 19, 1940

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P4906

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

MSN:

9388

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1939

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The crew departed RAF Lossiemouth on an operation over Stavanger-Sola Airport. The airplane failed to return and it is believed that it crashed into the North Sea, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Chivers, pilot,
Sgt William Michael Mullally, navigator,
AC2 Henry Greggan, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1940

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N6185

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