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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1257LT on an anti-shipping operation off Heligoland, Germany. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Wilfred Gadsby,
F/Sgt John Maurice Irving,
Sgt John Gardner MacIlwraith.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941 at 0152 LT

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Z6468

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1980

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2027LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. Last contact heard at 0152LT. The airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Francis Charles Cole,
F/Sgt Walter Edward Craven,
F/Sgt John Derbyshire,
Sgt Harold Raymond Martin,
Sgt Robert Cyril Smith.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941

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R1380

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Stradishall - Stradishall

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Arthur Chatfield,
Sgt Herbert Robinson Eeaston,
Sgt Kenneth Manson,
Sgt Cecil Harry Reuben Mercer,
Sgt Roylance Claude Plummer,
Sgt Russell Arthur Williams.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941 at 1340 LT

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Bristol 152 Beaufort

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N1147

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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9182

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1130LT to attack ships in the Gironde Estuary. While cruising along the French coast, it was probably shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Edward Cree,
F/Sgt John Alfred Faill,
F/O Robert Leslie Hicks,
F/Sgt Wilfred Crichton Philp Mitchell.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1941

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X2899

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1950LT on a mine laying operation off Brest. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Anthony Foster,
Sgt Marcus Anthony Hollingshead,
P/O Anthony Eyre Jackson,
P/O Anthony Frank Phillips.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1941

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N3552

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1940LT on an operation to Brest. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Derek Addenbrooke,
Sgt Eric Edwin Blomeley,
P/O William Johnston Fenton.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1941

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping mission. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Arthur Ford,
Sgt William Clifford Haynes,
Sgt Albert Lee.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941 at 2215 LT

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+HM

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 90 km east of Bridlington, Yorkshire. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Otto Krüger, pilot,
Gefr August Kronewitter, radio operator,
Gefr Heinrich Keller, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941

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