Belgium

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Leeming - Leeming

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1904

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2228LT on July 25 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Koersel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Puttick, pilot,
P/O William Mcnaughton Spiers, pilot,
P/O Harry Joseph Daniels, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Bernard Beverley, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Webster Fitzmaurice D. E. Lawson, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ostend: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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Z7438

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1400LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ostend. The wireless operator was killed and both other crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Frank Landseer Campbell-Rogers, pilot,
Sgt David Edward Bingham, observer,
Sgt John Patrick Sullivan, wireless operator. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ostend: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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V6035

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Manston on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ostend. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Philip Bernard Ashby, pilot, †
P/O Gilbert Frank Lowes, observer,
P/O Gerald Henry Seeley, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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V6321

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1400LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Percival Hartridge, pilot,
Sgt Charles Douglas Phillips, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Buck Minty, wireless operator.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Snaaskerke: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941

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Z8788

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2239LT on July 21 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Snaaskerke. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Lachlan Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Frank Stubbington Payne, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stanley Saunders, observer,
Sgt Howard Tucker, wireless operator,
Sgt Hubert Vernon, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard William O'Hara, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bocholt: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 16, 1941 at 0131 LT

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R1624

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2300LT on July 15 on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Bocholt. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon David Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Henry Edmund Robinson, observer,
Sgt Clement Peter Blackburn, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Walford Evans, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Coodon Caesar, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Dilsen-Stokkem: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1941 at 0105 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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AD924

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Aachen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Dilsen-Stokkem. Two crew members were killed, one became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Roy Berkey, observer, †
Sgt Thomas Henry Marquiss, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon Bottomley,
P/O Basil John Allan Rennie.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Snaaskerke: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1941

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Z6743

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