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Failed to return to base from a practice bombing exercise. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Gordon Mason,
Sgt Cyril Frank Matthews,
P/O Garfield Arthur Prosser.

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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Great Massingham - Great Massingham

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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 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1941

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L9192

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1902LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea some 160 km west of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Cyril Clifford Gordon Ashcroft,
F/Lt Ian Alan Mead,
Sgt William Frank Richards.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1941

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V6239

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 1807LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Alec Ball,
Sgt Frank Boroski,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Slade.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 29, 1941

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Z6484

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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1996

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2355LT on May 28 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Thomas Copley, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Bruce Smith, pilot,
Sgt Albert Cooke, observer,
Sgt Donald Roy Stickland, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Gregory, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1941 at 1545 LT

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Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1258LT on an operation to Heligoland. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 130 km north of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston I into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1941

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BB893

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The airplane was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek Alan Willans, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd Jones, observer,
Sgt Gerald Bruce Johnson, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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S4+SH

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