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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2039

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2238LT on June 28 on an operation to Bremen. It was hit by the German Flak and later ditched in the North Sea some 100 miles east of Flamborough. A Lindholme dinghy was dropped and the crew was rescued the following day. Unfortunately, the pilot died before rescue teams arrived on scene.
Crew:
Sgt Bernarad Caldwell Culy Harpur, pilot, †
F/O D. F. E. C. Dean,
P/O L. A. Kayes,
Sgt S. R. Mayston,
Sgt W. F. Thuell.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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R1794

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2300LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Colin Dingwall Asher,
Sgt James O'Donnell,
Sgt Maxwell Robert Ross,
F/Sgt William Charles Shepherd,
Sgt George Hazen Tett,
F/Sgt William Frederick Towlson.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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W5391

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2300LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Grenville Arthur Kitching, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Alan Bunker,
F/O Henry Victor Thomas Helmore,
F/Sgt Cecil George Landon,
Sgt John Muirhead Pickering,
F/Sgt Brian Arthur Rutterford.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941

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R1372

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2338LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Sydney Rupert Andrews,
Sgt John Bernard Hancock,
Sgt Alexander Melville,
Sgt William Wotherspoon Melville,
Sgt Raymond Stanley Peck,
Sgt William Ruddock Welch.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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5J+JS

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Leeuwarden - Leeuwarden

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3836

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The airplane departed Leeuwarden Airport on an operation to England. It was lost without trace and crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt O. G. M. Allwang, pilot,
Ofw M. Frank, observer,
Ofw B. Münstermann, radio operator,
Gefr J. Günther, mechanic.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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The airplane crashed in unknow circumstances somewhere in the North Sea, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Oblt E. K. Steinbacher, pilot,
Fw P. Mack, observer,
Uffz H. Baumert, observer,
Uffz H. Stehle, radio operator,
Uffz K. Beck, mechanic.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1941 at 0335 LT

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R1339

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at2220LT on June 20 on an operation to Kiel. Last heard at 0335LT calling for assistance. At that time, the airplane was plotted some 60 miles off the German coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Henry Burr,
Sgt William Albert James Davis,
Sgt Nigel Rodney Patrick Goodenough,
Sgt Gordon Grant Jillett,
Sgt Bernard Joseph Mees,
Sgt Alfred Gordon Venn.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1941 at 0020 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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The airplane departed Marham in the evening of June 20 on an operation to Kiel. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed some 200 km east of Spurn Head. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt William John Baird,
Sgt Desmond Aubrey Dacre,
Sgt John Abbott Donald,
Sgt Mason John Fraser,
Sgt Dennis Higham Harrison,
Sgt Harry Hutchinson.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941 at 0425 LT

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