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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) on an operation to Cologne. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Robert Carleton Beaman,
Sgt Henry Robson,
Sgt Douglas Trigwell.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1940

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Dornier DO.17

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7T+EL

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Following an operation over Liverpool, the bomber failed to return to its base and probably crashes somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace. All four crew were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Gustav Hosche, pilot,
Oblt Hans-Herbert Schneider, observer,
Fw Gerhard Taulien, radio operator,
Fw Josef Butz, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T2039

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2051LT on December 16 on an operation to Mannheim. Presumed lost over the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
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Sgt Henry James Clarke,
Sgt George Matheson Wilcox,
Sgt Michael Joseph Oliver Heaney.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940

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X3128

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Mannheim. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Edward Cowan,
Sgt Harrnet Richard Richardson,
Sgt Arthur Joseph Patrick Casey,
P/O Edwin Reeve.

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

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1940

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T2466

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2325LT on December 11 on an operation to Mannheim. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey William Hartland,
Sgt Harry Leonard Ralls,
Sgt Frederick Charles Morton,
Sgt Robert Winterbottom,
Sgt Jack Swain,
Sgt Laurence William Scott.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940 at 2045 LT

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P5112

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1820

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1745LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Derek John Dunn,
P/O Norman Wylam-Walker,
Sgt Thomas Gray,
Sgt Albert Edward Creswell,
Sgt Frank Eddowes.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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T2476

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O David Allan Dadswell,
Sgt Francis Thomas Buckingham,
Sgt Charles Duncan Powrie,
Sgt William Henry James,
Sgt Edward Cooper Lee,
Sgt John Cunningham Macaskie.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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R3209

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred Arthur Harris, pilot,
Sgt Alan Asquith Wooding,
Sgt William Desmond Ingrams,
Sgt Richard Francis Stacey,
Sgt Arthur Charles Ashman,
Sgt Phillip James White.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R2796

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