Germany

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Plain, Valley

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Driffield - Driffield

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1675

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2106LT on June 29 to bomb the Hochst Explosives factory in Frankfurt. It crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
S/L Mark Hastings, pilot,
P/O Peter Joseph Gard, pilot,
Sgt Harold Alfred Storey, radio operator,
Sgt Alan Johnston Davidson, observer,
P/O Raymond Fletcher Lum, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Spieka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1940

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P4356

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on operation over Germany. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed off Spieka. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O George Michael Wyatt, pilot, †
P/O Lloyd Stanley Adams,
Sgt Harold Gordon Hill,
Sgt Ralph Burnett, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Niederhaverbeck: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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Plain, Valley

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Fassberg - Uetersen

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3091

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The airplane departed Fassberg on a flight to Uetersen when it crashed in unknown circumstances in Niederhaverbeck, some 45 km south of Hamburg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Nikolaus Knob, pilot,
Lt Ernst Krückerberg, observer,
Uffz Heinz Kirchübel, radio operator,
Uffz Erich Wagner, mechanic.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kiel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1940

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L4112

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on mine laying operation in the Bay of Kiel. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Bay of Kiel. A crew member was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Sydney Burtenshaw Morley,
P/O Norman Ernest Hore,
Sgt Benjamin Duncan McPherson,
Sgt William Flight Anderson, radio operator,

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Rendsburg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1940

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P4305

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Scampton – Scampton

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Rendsburg-Schachtholm

Schleswig-Holstein

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on Gardening operation. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Kiel Canal, in the region of Rendsburg. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Alfred Spickett, pilot, †
F/Lt Basil Alexander Mitchell,
P/O Laurence Reavell-Carter,
Sgt Ronald Leslie James, Dutton, wireless operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1940

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L4078

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington to bomb the Hanover-Langenhagen Airport. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rethen, about 10 km southeast of Hanover. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Anthoney Seton Luxmoore, pilot,
Sgt Walter Cecil Harding, observer,
Sgt Gerald Nichols, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Harry Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Wilhelmshaven: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1940

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P4363

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