Watton AFB

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R3800

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Edward Syms, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Wright, observer,
Sgt Edward Victor Turner, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3821

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Earl Robert Hale, pilot,
Sgt Ralston George Oliver, observer,
Sgt Alfred Edward Boland, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3913

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Clive Warrington Wigley, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Homer Patchett,
Sgt Archibald Finlayson Morrison, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R2772

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Blair,
Sgt William Greenwood,
Sgt W. G. McGrath.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3802

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Ronald Alfred George Ellen, pilot,
Sgt Vivian John Dance, observer,
Sgt Gordon Davies, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3829

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L R. N. Wardell, pilot,
F/Sgt George Percy Moore, observer, †
Sgt Thomas Eckford Girvan, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aabybro: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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R3904

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Aabybro, about 10 km northwest of Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt B. T. J. Newland, pilot,
Sgt George Cyril Ankers, observer, †
Sgt Kenneth Victor Turner, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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T1827

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Norman Clifford Jones, pilot, †
P/O Thomas Johnson Cranidge, observer, †
Sgt J. F. H. Bristow, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Vust

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

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