Texel Island

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V6063

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 0825LT on an anti-shipping operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Oldfield Lings,
F/Sgt Charles Ion Martin,
Sgt Stephen George Peplar.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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R3900

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1115LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by ground fire from the Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboot and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Denis Alan Rogers, pilot,
P/O William Leslie Gourlay, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Howard, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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R3884

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1115LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by ground fire from the Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboot and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Alexander Adams, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Reid Alston, observer,
Sgt Ralph Edward Nichols, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1941 at 1612 LT

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L9389

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney for an anti-shipping mission off the Dutch coast. While attacking the destroyer 'Ilits', it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Hugh James Walter Black, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Henry Cooke, observer,
Sgt Frank Archer, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I off Texel Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1940 at 1759 LT

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Bristol 152 Beaufort

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N1118

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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North Coates - North Coates

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9179

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a maritime patrol flight off the Dutch and German coasts. It crashed in unknown circumstances off Texel Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Dennis Victor Wilfred Francis, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Farthing, observer,
Sgt John Windsor Unett, wireless operator,
F/O Edward Pennington, air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Texel Island: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1940

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P4973

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Yes

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1700

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1950LT on September 4 to bomb the Charlottenburg Power Station in Berlin. It ditched around midnight off the Texel Island. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW while a fifth occupant drowned.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Herbert Jones, †
Sgt Victor Bernard Housego,
Sgt Marmaduke Johnson,
Sgt High Maylin,
P/O James Mortimer Taylor.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Texel Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1940

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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P5162

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Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

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414-1851

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton in a mine laying mission. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Wadden Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Stanley John Lester, pilot,
P/O James Elmer MacKinnon, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Everitt Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt Keith Stephen Bushell, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Texel Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1940

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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N7368

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Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

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414-1764

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton in a mine laying mission. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Wadden Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Selby Roger Henderson, pilot,
Sgt George Howard Goldsmith, navigator,
LAC John Lindsay Williamson, air gunner,
Sgt Gordon Clifton Sumner, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I off Texel Island

Date & Time: May 25, 1940 at 1912 LT

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Avro 652 Anson

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N9731

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