Swanton Morley AFB

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V6336

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Training

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The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field located in East End Farm, just north of RAF Swanton Morley. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Walter Appleby, wireless operator,
LAC Robert Christopher Ballard,
Sgt Derrick Oliver Beacham, pilot,
Sgt Peter Grosvenor Griffiths,
AC1George McFadzean.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Scheveningen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1941 at 1950 LT

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V6319

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1844LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Peter Harris Watts, pilot,
F/Sgt David Drummond Milroy, observer,
Sgt Percy Brown Murray, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Terschelling: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1941

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V6316

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1755LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Sheridon Clayton,
P/O Victor Eric George Phillips,
Sgt Arthur James Stiddard.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ameland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1941

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R3707

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1405LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Eric Green,
Sgt Stanley Parr,
P/O George Eric Joseph Rushbrooke.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Halesworth

Date & Time: May 1, 1941 at 1420 LT

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V5823

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1215LT on an anti-shipping operation. Badly shot about by Me.109 and later a propeller fell off, causing the crew to make an emergency landing in a field at Buck's Farm, southwest of Halesworth. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt G. E. Goode,
P/O F. J. Hogan,
Sgt G. Rowland.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Westkapelle: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1941 at 2100 LT

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V6370

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley on an anti-shipping mission. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 5 km west of Westkapelle. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Roland Needham, pilot,
P/O Thomas Keightley-Smith, observer,
Sgt Francis Harley Bridgman, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Domburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 23, 1941 at 1245 LT

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V6318

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1055LT on an anti-shipping mission. It was hit by Flak from the minesweeper M1404 and crashed into the sea off Domburg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Henderson Lister, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Heany, observer,
Sgt Kenneth William Porter, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941

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Z5903

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1951LT on an operation to Hanover. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Gibbs, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Hubert King,
Sgt Robert Friar Murphy.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Swanton Morley

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941

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