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R1007

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1955LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Oppendorf, in the east suburb of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Eric Bundock, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Gamble, pilot,
Sgt John Sharkey, observer,
Sgt Norman Benfield, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stewart Crane, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Sherratt, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Haren: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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T2703

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Bremen. Over Germany, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Haren. Five crew members were injured and became PoW and a sixth was killed. On April 6, one of the survivors died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O Hargrave McCosh, observer, †
Sgt Thomas Ross McWalter, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Duncombe,
Sgt Bernard Clinton Kelly,
Sgt Bernard John Moore,
Sgt Robert Mount.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 in Berlin: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1941

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Dornier DO.17

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2030

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Berlin

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in the district of Rummelsburg in Berlin. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and all three crew members were killed.
crew:
Uffz Fritz John, pilot,
Lt Ernst Joachim Streit, observer,
Uffz Karl Lieback, radio operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hamburg

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941

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T2970

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Hamburg

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1940LT on March 13 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All six crew members became Pow. The exact place of the crash remains unknown, maybe near the target area.
Crew:
Sgt John Richard Harvey,
Sgt G. G. Patterson,
Sgt Leonard Pattison,
Sgt Stanley Thomas Starkins,
Sgt Arthur Roy Ward,
Sgt Gibberd.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Versen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941 at 2329 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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N2744

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1936LT on an operation to Hamburg. Last heard on w/t at 2329LT then crashed in Versen. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Preston Hall, pilot, †
Sgt William James Manger, observer, †
Sgt John William Hammond, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Leslie Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. R. Brown,
Sgt E. Collins.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hamburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

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T4273

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1926

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1940

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Hamburg

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1920LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at Kampstrasse 80-84 in the district of Hamburg-Lockstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Leonard Roger Cook, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Charles Elliott, pilot,
Sgt John Molesworth Oxley, observer,
Sgt Samuel Hugh Albert Jess, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Reginald Skinner, wireless operator.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Nordhorn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

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AD721

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2233LT on March 12 on an operation to Berlin. After passing the German border, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Nordhorn. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Donald Thurston Johnston, pilot,
P/O Lionel Edward Stannard, pilot,
P/O Gordon Samuel Walker, observer,
Sgt Harry Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt William Gordon Williams, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Berlin

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941

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R1013

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Alconbury - Alconbury

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Berlin

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