Pocklington AFB

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W5527

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Pocklington - Pocklington

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2235LT on August 2 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Reginald Cox,
P/O John Read Horn,
P/O Andrew Owen Learmonth,
Sgt Henry Bruce McKenzie,
Sgt John Moorby Reed,
F/Sgt Ronald Mason Thomas.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Torpoint

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941 at 1635 LT

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W5581

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1134LT on an operation to Brest. While returning to base, it was engaged in an aerial combat and has to be ditched some 300 yards off Torpoint. Three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt J. J. Hughes,
Sgt G. K. Higgins,
Sgt J. W. Craig,
Sgt H. McNeil,
Sgt R. Leonard,
Sgt Bain.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into The Channel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941

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W5537

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1153LT on an operation to Brest. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Colvin Crump,
Sgt John Albert Fawkes,
Sgt Julian Lee Byron Martin,
Sgt Anthony George Lendrum Mitchell,
Sgt Cyril Tatton,
P/O Ronald Victor Trueman.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Ploudaniel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941

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W5551

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1130LT on an operation to Brest. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ploudaniel. The crew bailed out except the gunner. Two became Pow and three evaded.
Crew:
F/O Robert George Murray Whigham, air gunner, †
Sgt Melville Hermes Joseph Dalphond,
W/Cdr Peter Alexander Gilchrist,
P/O William Minto Mackay,
Sgt John Shedden Paton,
Sgt Robert Henry Westbury.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Avereest

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0210 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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W5534

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2230LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Avereest. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Derek Bert Thrower, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Moy Morgan, pilot,
Sgt Victor Rodney Jacob Slaughter, navigator,
Sgt Eric Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt William James Dossetter, air gunner,
Sgt James Norville William Kirk, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Pocklington

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1941 at 0745 LT

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AD910

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2245LT on July 12 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and crash landed 8 km northeast of RAF Pocklington. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Batchelor,
Sgt Williams,
Sgt Calvert,
Sgt Betts.

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Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Pocklington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0406 LT

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W5490

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2240LT on July 6 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning with one engine out, the airplane crashed on approach. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Ronald John Fraas, pilot, †
F/Sgt Albert Luckhurst, air gunner, †
P/O W. L. S. O'Brien,
Sgt M. G. A. McKernan,
Sgt T. Brown,
Sgt T. J. Doyle.

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Engine failure.

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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1941 at 0312 LT

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W5522

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