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The airplane departed RAF Waddington to attack oil installations in the area of Gelsenkirchen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Wahn, near the airport of Cologne-Bonn. A crew member was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O C. O. Dunkels, †
F/Lt F. G. Hynes,
F/Sgt R. M. Wicker,
W/O L. H. Wainwright.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Bremerhaven

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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P9272

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2022LT on August 27 on an operation over Kiel. While flying over the area of Bremerhaven, it was shot down by the German Flak. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Maurice George Butt, pilot,
F/Lt Paul François Reginald Vaillant, pilot,
W/O Douglas Haig Gordon Connolly,
W/O John Fender,
W/O Ronald Westmore Saywood,
Sgt Lawrence Francis Mabey.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lautersheim

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1940 at 0634 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P2070

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme on a bombing mission over Berlin. At 0412LT, the crew was heard on w/t asking for a bearing. It is believed that the airplane crash landed at 0634LT near Lautersheim. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert David Wawn,
Sgt Henry James Bushell,
Sgt John Scholfield,
Sgt Ralph Henry Laurence Smith.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wilhelmshaven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4360

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It is believed that it crashed into the sea while approaching the target but no trave was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Angus Robson,
P/O David Leslie Wingate,
Sgt Hunter Chambers,
Sgt Arthur Alexander Wilmot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Paderborn

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L9419

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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Paderborn-Lippstadt

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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The crew departed RAF West Raynham to attack aerodromes in Germany. The crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Paderborn and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Gordon Chelmick,
Sgt Harry Martyn,
Sgt John Carline.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Coburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R3174

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2123LT on August 16 on 'Koleda' operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Coburg. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Evelyn Harry Toller Thwaites, pilot, †
P/O Derek Elliott Stafford Charles, pilot, †
Sgt Norman James Valentine Cownie,
P/O Maurice John Fisher,
Sgt Frederick James Pennicott,
P/O Jack Wilk, air gunner. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Merseburg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4291

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Merseburg. It is believed that it crashed in the target area. Two crew were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Henry Aidan Thomas Skehill, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Hughes, observer, †
Sgt Robert Leslie Wake, observer, †
Sgt Douglas Perritt, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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P4986

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1708

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2010LT on August 16 to bomb an oil plant located in Böhlen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Peine. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Stanley Scott, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Allen Beale, pilot,
Sgt Peter Duncan Salmon, radio operator,
Sgt Roy Desmond Edward Clarke, observer,
Sgt Harry Haggett, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Mesum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4340

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Scampton – Scampton

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Mesum

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton to attack targets along the Dortmund -Ems Kanal. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Mesum. Two crew were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Denys Hill, pilot, †
Sgt Richard Abel, wireless operator, †
F/Lt Allen Roy Mulligan,
Sgt Wilfred Gordon Wishart Younger.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P4379

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation over Salzbergen. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Kirchweyhe, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
P/O Harry Christie Sheldon, pilot,
F/Sgt Wilfred Ward, observer,
Sgt Robert McCrindle Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Edward Throwner, wireless operator.