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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1937LT on September 30 to bomb marshalling yards in the area of Osnabrück. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in a field near Talge. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Neville William Gordon Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Wessels, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Douglas Cameron,
Sgt James George Campbell MacNair,
Sgt Alan Jervis Pennington,
Sgt Harold William Pritchard.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC Near Menslage: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R3219

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The airplane departed RAF Marham in the evening of September 30 on an operation to Leipzig. It was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed in an open field located near Menslage. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Maclean, pilot, †
Sgt Victor Frederick Gammon,
Sgt John Hamilton,
Sgt Gerald Tipping,
Sgt Stanley Alexander Williams,
P/O William Try Mathieson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1940

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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T2549

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1938LT on September 30 on an operation to Osnabrück. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Talge. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard George Goldie, pilot, †
Sgt Colin Dowsett, †
Sgt R. P. Mogg,
P/O A. J. J. Steel,
Sgt James Le Blond Robert Walter, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Eric Westwood, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Badbergen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1940 at 2319 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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T4130

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1823

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1804LT on an operation to Berlin. In the late evening, it was intercepted by searchlights then shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Badbergen. Both pilots were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Lucien Ismay, pilot, †
Sgt Victor Snell, pilot, †
Sgt William Dennis Chamberlain,
Sgt Robert Edward Nicholson,
Sgt Alexander Strachan Shand.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Malgarten: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1940 at 0034 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R3150

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2100LT on September 29 on an operation to Bitterfeld. At night, it was intercepted by searchlight and shot down by the pilot of a Me.110. It crashed in Malgarten, some 20 km north of Osnabrück. Five crew members were killed and a sixth occupant became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Collins Dingle, pilot, †
P/O Gerald Percy Turner, observer, †
P/O D. K. Hayes,
Sgt George Henry Taylor, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Archibald Young, wireless operator, †
P/O John Littlejohn, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Stuttgart: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X2902

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1859LT on September 29 to attack the Bosch Factory in Stuttgart. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
S/L John Cornelius Taylor,
Sgt Alan Gordon Hobson,
Sgt Peter Anthony Merrick,
Sgt Kenneth Harrison Watchous.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington in Hanau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1940

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R3164

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2005LT on September 27 on an operation to Hanau. It is believed that it was probably shot down by the German Flak over the target area. A crew member was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Harold Ridley Bjelke-Petersen, pilot,
Sgt Walter Thomas Hallam, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Botten,
Sgt Kenneth Holden,
Sgt Colin Mackenzie Laird,
Sgt Arthur Reginald Witton.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Bethen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1940

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L4049

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Berlin. While cruising at night over the area of Cloppenburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bethen. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Anthony Oscar Bridgman, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Frederick Blatch, observer, †
Sgt John Ernest Gorwood, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Francis Joseph Watson, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 off Deep: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1940

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Heinkel He.111

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NG+ZO

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Dollard, some 100 metres offshore, near Deep. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Paul Hermann Otto Thrumann, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Max Weihsbach, pilot,
Gefr Kurt Paul Franke, mechanic.