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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2203LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Blair Dawson,
P/O George Howard Fleming,
Sgt Arthur Bennet Lesley,
Sgt John Patrick Molloy,
Sgt Edwin Stansfield,
Sgt Joshua Ernest Stott.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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R1394

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2140LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Peter Beckwith,
Sgt James Henry Keen,
Sgt Arthur Robert McEldon,
Sgt Anthony Peter Perry-Keene,
Sgt Derrick Robert Sherwin,
Sgt Stanley Charles Tottle.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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R1500

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2110LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Henry Allan,
Sgt Cecil George Alway, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Arthur Clabburn-Detrez,
Sgt Ronald Walter Duke, air gunner,
Sgt James Gibson Park,
Sgt Ronald William John Smalldon.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I into the North Sea

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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Short S.29 Stirling

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W7437

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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 in the evening of August 14 on an operation to Magdeburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane in the North Sea. All seven occupants were rescued by a Dutch trawler and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Doran Aitken,
Sgt James Brown,
Sgt Jack Bevan Lloyd Bunce,
Sgt Gordon Howard Burland,
Sgt Ernest Cyril Haynes,
Sgt John Morgan Johnson,
Sgt Robert Rynn Stewart.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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P4408

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby in the evening of August 14 on an air rescue mission. While returning to base, it apparently suffered an engine failure and crashed in the North Sea off the Frisian Islands. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Michael Oakley Fisher,
F/Sgt Norman Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Taylor, air gunner,
F/O James Alexander Whitecross.

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Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7522

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Mediterranean sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Hubert Jack Roe,
F/Sgt Stuart Rex Samways,
F/Sgt John Douglas Timms.

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

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z9604

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Crashed for unknown reasons in the Mediterranean Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt David Allen Downer Hoare, pilot,
P/O Harold Sorensen, observer,
P/O Peter Howard Standfast, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6515

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an operation off the Norwegian coast. While attacking a convoy, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Selwyn Elmes,
Sgt Howard Daniel Higgins,
Sgt Arthur William Kirby.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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F8+BT

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