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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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1574

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The airplane was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Oblt Friedrich Gerl, pilot,
Ogfr Erich Diehl, observer,
Ofw Erich Fischer, radio operator,
Fw Walter Tank, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942

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Z8329

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Pocklington - Pocklington

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1713LT on an operation to Bremen. About an hour into the flight, the crew indicated he was returning to base due to engine trouble. Later, the starboard engine caught fire and the airplane crashed into the sea. Four crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Paul Arthur Gale, †
F/Sgt Gordon Frederick Gurr, †
S/L Walter Bernard Keddy, †
F/Sgt George Joseph Masse, †
F/Lt D. R. S. Scrivens,
Sgt R. L. Turnbull.

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Engine fire in flight.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha into the Irish Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1942

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Blackburn B-26 Botha

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L6213

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7866/10

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1940

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The airplane failed to return to base following a maritime patrol flight over the Codling Bank and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Irish Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O W. J. Jewell,
F/O M. Prusek,
F/O S. Gruszecki,
AC1 J. W. March.

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

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1942

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6378

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1812LT on an operation to Soesterberg AFB. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward William Maitland Garstin,
F/O Richard Harding-Browne,
P/O William George Scarlett.

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

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1942 at 1936 LT

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X9742

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Alconbury - Alconbury

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 1630LT on an operation to Hamburg. At 1936LT, the crew called for help then the airplane disappeared. It is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edgar George Broad,
Sgt James Roy Fenwick,
Sgt John Priestley,
Sgt Christopher Donaldson Russell,
Sgt Thomas Hugh Thomas,
Sgt Patrick Joseph Timmons.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1942

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AE431

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

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The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Alan Gale,
P/O Eric Vivian Hore,
P/O Lawrence Mason Jacob,
Sgt Philip Charles Pettersson.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1942

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AE420

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The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Arthur Angel,
Sgt Robert Ashton Baddeley,
Sgt Donald Wilfred Cockburn,
Sgt John Michael Horley.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1942

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Heinkel He.111

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1B+EH

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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5555

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The airplane was completing a weather operation along the Norwegian coast when it suffered an engine failure and crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt Johann Marthe, pilot,
Reg Rat Frank Weiland, meteorologist,
Fw Walter Zink, radio operator,
Ofw Alfons Müller, flying engineer.

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina I into the Gulf of Thailand: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1942

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W8409

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