Norway

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N7217

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1613

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 0625LT to bomb an ammunition dump. While approaching Stavanger-Sola Airport, it was shot down by the pilot of an Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Blanshard Askquith-Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Hugh Nicholls,
AC1 Samuel James Watkin Baines, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Long.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I near Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1940 at 1130 LT

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N7359

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Plain, Valley

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1755

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a reconnaissance mission. While approaching Stavanger, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Talbot Norman Conn Rothwell, pilot,
P/O R. C. Wood,
Sgt Charles Lawrence Hand,
Sgt Walter Edmund Harding.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at off Åndalsnes: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1940 at 1030 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N3627

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Sumburgh - Sumburgh

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The airplane departed Sumburgh on operations over Norway when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Romsdalfjord off Åndalsnes. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard H. Brown, pilot,
Sgt Herbert G. J. Gannaway, observer,
Sgt Wilfrid Dixon, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D3 near Haugesund: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940

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Dornier DO.18

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8L+HK

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819

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After being shot down by enemy fire, the airplane crashed on a beach located about 4 km north of Haugesund. A crew member was injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
Fw Heinrich Wraage, pilot, †
Lt Max Altenkrüger, observer, †
Uffz Gerhard Krause, radio operator, †
Uffz Walter Ernst, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Trondheim: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940

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P5131

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Sumburgh - Sumburgh

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414-1820

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Sumburgh at 1130LT on a mission over Trondheim. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire (Flak and fighters) and crashed into the Gulosen Fjord off Trondheim. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Craig,
Sgt George W. Robson,
Sgt Alex Sherwood, navigator,
LAC A. Napier, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Trondheim: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940

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N7361

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414-1757

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Sumburgh at 1130LT on a mission over Trondheim. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire (Flak and fighters) and crash landed into the Gulosen Fjord off Trondheim. All four crew members survived and found refuge in a dinghy. One of them was seriously wounded and died the following day.
Crew:
Sgt E. B. Laschelles, pilot,
Sgt A. M. S. Brodie,
Sgt Eric T. D. Machell, air gunner, †
Sgt J. G. Hepburn.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Reinoksbreen

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1940

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Junkers JU.52

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K1+AL

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2828

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1937

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The crew was involved in a supply mission to the German troops based in the region of Reinoksbreen. While cruising at an altitude of some 1,400 metres, the aircraft impacted a mountain slope and crashed. All three crew members were able to walk away and to reach an Austrian camp. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C in Bjørnfjell

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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4D+MH

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Shot down by the Swedish Flak and crashed in Bjørnfjell, on Norwegian territory, near the border with Sweden. All four crew members were rescued, one was injured.

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Shot down by the Swedish Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Stavanger: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1940 at 1430 LT

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N7335

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