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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Leeming - Leeming

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1903

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2146LT on November 13 on an operation to Merseburg. A last w/t contact was established at 0155LT then the bomber disappeared without trace.
Crew (10th Squadron):
W/C Kenneth Francis Ferguson,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers,
Sgt Walter Fraser,
Sgt Alexander Watson,
Sgt Kenneth Frederick Weston.

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

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940

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L4095

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 10 on an operation to Danzig. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Colin Franklin Kendall,
Sgt Norman Tyson,
Sgt George Robert Wilson,
Sgt Andrew Woodburn.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3765

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Yes

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 0153LT on an operation to Hamm. It ditched in the seanear the Outer Dowsing Light vessel and close to an allied convoy. Two crew members survived and were picked up, the third crew was killed.
Crew:
Sgt H. Waples,
Sgt N. J. Giblin,
Sgt Robert Ernest Andrews. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940

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L4149

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Lindholme - Lindholme

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2315LT on November 10 to bomb a power station in Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. A crew member survived and became PoW while three others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Cave, †
Sgt Robert Cecil Hyland, †
Sgt Thomas Thomas, †
Sgt David David Gentles Hamilton.

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

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940

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X2985

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on the evening of November 10 on an operation to Danzig. It was last heard while flying 30 miles east of the Norfolk coast when it was lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alan Bulmer,
P/O Donald William Wakeford,
Sgt George Herdman,
Sgt David Walter Watt.

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

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3753

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Oulton - Oulton

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton to attack aerodromes. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Eric Henry Dawson,
Sgt John Robert Graham Lamb,
Sgt William White.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1940 at 0018 LT

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P4943

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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1670

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1710LT on November 6 on an operation to Hamburg. At 0018LT, the crew was calling for assistance then the contact was lost. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Lionel Bradley Breeze,
Sgt Francis Raymond Elton,
Sgt Granville Graham,
Sgt Reginald Wilfred Prout,
Sgt Edward Arthur Shapland.

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

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T1871

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham on an operation to Germany. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Albert Fraser Mertens,
Sgt Allan Roger Merry,
Sgt Reginald William Spiller.

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

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940 at 0610 LT

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