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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2250LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. It was slot without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Francis Egerton Bryant, pilot,
Sgt Allan Ernest Ross Barton,
P/O Ernest Edward Ellner, observer,
Sgt John Johnstone Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Charles Smallbone, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Robson Marshall, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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7T+HK

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Amsterdam - Amsterdam

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5241

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The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed somewhere in The Channel.
Crew:
Uffz. P. Grünwald, pilot,
Oblt H. Böckmann, observer,
Ogfr H. Giese, radio operator,
Uffz E. Schöler, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z5982

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Thornaby - Thornaby

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The airplane departed RAF Thornaby at 1139LT On an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alec Patrick Best,
Sgt Henry Hillwood,
F/O Rowland Keith Keating,
P/O Sir Iain Workman MacRobert.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the Baltic Sea

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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M7+KK

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and ditched in the Baltic Sea. All four crew members took place in a dinghy and reached the Swedish coast four days later. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Oblt Viktor Schmez, pilot,
Fw Arnold Ullrich, observer,
Ofw Kurt Petsch, radio operator,
Uffz Heinrich, mechanic.

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-6 into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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M2+CK

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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2426

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Crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Maj Wolfgang Schlenkhoff, pilot,
Lt Martin Büns, observer,
Uffz Albert Künze, radio operator,
Fw Johann Mühleck, air gunner.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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Z6568

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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2039

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2238LT on June 28 on an operation to Bremen. It was hit by the German Flak and later ditched in the North Sea some 100 miles east of Flamborough. A Lindholme dinghy was dropped and the crew was rescued the following day. Unfortunately, the pilot died before rescue teams arrived on scene.
Crew:
Sgt Bernarad Caldwell Culy Harpur, pilot, †
F/O D. F. E. C. Dean,
P/O L. A. Kayes,
Sgt S. R. Mayston,
Sgt W. F. Thuell.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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R1794

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2300LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Colin Dingwall Asher,
Sgt James O'Donnell,
Sgt Maxwell Robert Ross,
F/Sgt William Charles Shepherd,
Sgt George Hazen Tett,
F/Sgt William Frederick Towlson.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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W5391

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2300LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L Grenville Arthur Kitching, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Alan Bunker,
F/O Henry Victor Thomas Helmore,
F/Sgt Cecil George Landon,
Sgt John Muirhead Pickering,
F/Sgt Brian Arthur Rutterford.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the Mediterranean Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 27, 1941 at 0900 LT

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