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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2306LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over the target area, it was hit by enemy fire and later crashed in the North Sea, some 100 km west of Texel. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt L. Chowanski, †
F/Lt Stanisław Tadeusz Sedzik,
P/O Walerian Jerzy Sojka,
W/O Wacław Weinberg,
Sgt Ludwik Maciej,
Sgt Stanisław Josef Kruk-Schuster.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941

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W5680

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach in the evening of June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Derek Garth Woodward, pilot,
Sgt Peter Henry Hay Bratley, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Corsar Scott, observer,
Sgt James King Cassels, wireless operator,
Sgt William Mclean Ritchie, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Joseph Arnold, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1941

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V6367

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0913LT on an anti-shipping operation to Germany. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea off the German coast.
All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Alfred Lewis,
P/O Reginald Gwynne Sammons,
Sgt Peter John Walker.

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

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1941

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T1795

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Failed to return to base from a practice bombing exercise. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Gordon Mason,
Sgt Cyril Frank Matthews,
P/O Garfield Arthur Prosser.

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

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1941

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T2047

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0915LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea while approaching the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Montague Victor Berry,
Sgt Gordon Allan Kaye,
Sgt Francis Samuel Burnside Knox.

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

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1941

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T1921

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0915LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea while approaching the Dutch coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Frederick Fordham,
P/O Theodore Buckland Grenon,
Sgt Ronald George Lehmann Morley.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina in the Atlantic Ocean: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1941

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AH537

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Mount Batten - Gibraltar

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The Catalina departed RAF Mount Batten on a maritime patrol flight to Gibraltar. It failed to arrive at destination and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick Arthur Burrows,
F/Lt Noel Kenneth Burton-Chadwick,
LAC John Charles Croome,
LAC John Kenneth Dains,
LAC William Henry Gill,
Cpl Harold Randolph Pye,
F/Lt Alfred William Knox Watson,
P/O Frank Bernard Yard.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in the Mediterranean Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1941

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V5860

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The airplane departed Luqa Airport on an anti-shipping operation in the Mediterranean Sea. While attacking a ship, the airplane was hit by the explosion and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Neville Ernest Wetherell Pepper, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Eric Hyde, observer, †
Sgt Leslie Pickford, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1941

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L9192

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