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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on August 14 on an operation to Braunschweig. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Pattensen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Henry Slater-Eiggert, pilot,
F/Sgt Leonard Samuel Thorrowgood, pilot,
F/O Walter Charles Rasbary, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Stephens, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Wittstedt: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0316 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

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L9531

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2134LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Witterstedt. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW. They bailed out but fell in a swamp and drowned.
Crew:
Sgt John James Berry, pilot, †
Sgt Clarence Emerson Whitfield, pilot, †
P/O Victor Digby Durham, observer, †
Sgt Norman Frederick Brotherton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Critchlow, wireless operator, †
W/O William Andrew Irving Bone,
Sgt Kenneth Riley Firth Kenworthy.

Probable cause:

shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0252 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Z8835

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2127LT on August 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Hamburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rübke, some 5 km southwest of Finkenwerder Airport. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Trevor Wallace, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Keighley, pilot,
Sgt John Porthouse, observer,
Sgt Richard George Fane Aldersley, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur William Morgan, wireless operator,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Nolan, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Münster

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0228 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 679 Manchester

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L7424

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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Münster

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2102LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Over Münster, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Münster. All seven crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O Michael Gerald Geoghegan,
F/Sgt Ronald George William Hodkinson,
Sgt Richard William Jones,
F/O James Alexander Little,
Sgt Lloyd George Robinson,
Sgt Graham Leslie Scott,
Sgt Gordon Reginald Tiley.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Grossbeeren: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 679 Manchester

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L7377

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Grossbeeren, some 15 km south of Berlin. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured and became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt Thomas Beattie, observer, †
F/Sgt George Robert Birt, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Hugh McPhail, †
P/O John Jephson Nottidge, pilot, †
S/L George Richard Taylor, pilot, †
F/Sgt W. Wetherill.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Klüverdamm: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0154 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5443

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Driffield - Driffield

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2136LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klüverdamm, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Rodney Charles Holyman, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Cornwell Hudson, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Cox, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Herrington, wireless operator,
Sgt William Maxwell Jr., wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Bell, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Darrigsdorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0125 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5461

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2125LKT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darrigsdorf. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Harry Budden, pilot,
Sgt John Denis Morgan,
Sgt Cecil Kearne Mousley,
Sgt Leonard Geoffrey Smalley,
Sgt Douglas Storer,
Sgt Donovan Franklin Sugden.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I off Buxtehude: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0124 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

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L9530

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2135LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buxtehude. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Thompson Niven, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Woods, air gunner, †
F/Lt Christopher Chevalier Cheshire,
Sgt Edward Charles Gurmin,
Sgt Paul Henry Theodore Horrox,
Sgt G. J. Smalley,
Sgt Reginald Charles Wash.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Weddewarden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1513

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2129LT on August 12 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Weser Estuary off Weddewarden. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Rhodes Ball, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Wintersgill, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Harry Chandler, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Cullen,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Hatton,
Sgt Thomas Edward McGeragle, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Blievenstorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0106 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5433

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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Blievenstorf

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2046LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and was abandoned by the crew. The airplane dove into the ground and was destroyed while all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert McDougal Durham,
P/O John Raymond Gibbon,
F/Lt Alexander Douglas Gosman,
Sgt Kenneth Stuart Holman,
Sgt James Jackson,
Sgt Leslie Frith.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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