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The airplane departed Landing Ground 106 (LG106), Egypt, on an operation to Scarpanto off Crete Island. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All six crew members were killed.
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F/Sgt Denys Douglas Strickland, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Edwin Middleton, pilot,
P/O William George Dalco, observer,
Sgt Edwin Curle, wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Harry Mitchell, wireless operator,
P/O Richard Edward Harrison Nowell, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 29, 1941

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7T+KK

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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5248

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The airplane failed to return from operation to England. It is believed that it crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Hans Dutz, pilot,
Uffz Otto Möller, radio operator,
Uffz Hans von Hahl, mechanic,
Uffz Eugen Einsiedel, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 29, 1941

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Z6484

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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1996

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2355LT on May 28 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Thomas Copley, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Bruce Smith, pilot,
Sgt Albert Cooke, observer,
Sgt Donald Roy Stickland, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Gregory, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1941 at 1545 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6457

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Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1258LT on an operation to Heligoland. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 130 km north of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston I into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1941

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The airplane was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Derek Alan Willans, pilot,
Sgt Lloyd Jones, observer,
Sgt Gerald Bruce Johnson, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 26, 1941

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Engaged in an operation to England, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off Norfolk county. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt Jakob Löhr, pilot,
Oblt Friedrich Pehl, observer,
Uffz Heinz Biesterfeld, radio operator,
Ogefr Wilhelm Ninwegen, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1941

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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The airplane failed to return to base following an operation to England. It was lost in the North Sea, killing all four crew members. A body was later found on a beach of Borkum Island.
Crew:
Ofw Karl Heise, pilot,
Oblt Armin Walter, observer,
Uffz Hans Brand, radio operator,
Gefr Willi Mogel, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1941 at 0249 LT

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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2230LT on May 11 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
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Sgt Denis Chappell, pilot,
F/Sgt Eugene Michael Mulligan, observer,
Sgt John Albion Harris,
Sgt John Edward Hodges, wireless operator,
Sgt John David Campbell Long,
Sgt Frederick Tom Luscombe.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1941

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