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R1435

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The airplane departed RAF Newton at 2225LT on May 10 on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
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F/O Victor Gundred Distin Spiller, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey William Rowe, pilot,
F/Sgt Geoffrey Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Kingsley Trewhella, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alan Edward Vickers, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Borden Peterson, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 11, 1941

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R1512

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2237LT on May 10 on an operation to Hamburg. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
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P/O George Redvers Newton Adams,
Sgt John Gilbert Keymer,
Sgt Thomas Nathan Menage,
Sgt Frederick Charles Ockenden,
Sgt Thomas Charles Pugh,
Sgt Lewis George Sutherland.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941 at 0520 LT

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W5400

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Waterbeach - Waterbeach

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2159LT on May 8 on an operation to Berlin. The next morning at 0520LT, the crew called for help then the airplane disappeared. It was probably lost somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Andrews Bennett,
Sgt James Harding,
S/L Philip Howard Jackson,
P/O Lewis Henry Mercer,
P/O Ian Ogg Mackenzie Smith,
Sgt Gerard Joseph Talbot.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941 at 0159 LT

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P4946

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Leeming - Leeming

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1673

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2215LT on an operation to Bremen. It signaled operation completed at 0159LT but subsequently ditched off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O G. R. Guest,
Sgt C. A. Strickland,
Sgt M. C. Newlyn,
Sgt William Gardner,
Sgt Ronald Richard Hanson.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941

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Heinkel He.111

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A1+DP

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The bomber failed to return from operation to Sheffield. Lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Werner Scheer, pilot,
Uffz Rupert Lackner, observer,
Ogefr Herbert Sohnert, radio operator,
Ogefr Oskar Schneider, mechanic,
Gefr Heinz Kurth, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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V4+CP

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The bomber failed to return from operations to Nottingham. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Reisch, pilot,
Uffz Oskar Kern, observer,
Gefr Fritz Aderholt, radio operator,
Flgr Walter Pichelmeier, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941

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R1227

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2318LT on May 8 on an operation to Bremen. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt T. Bojakowski,
P/O Wladysław Franciszek Brzozowski,
F/O S. Rewkowski,
Sgt A. Lipecki,
Sgt K. Golebiowski,
F/O I. Dudek.

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

Date & Time: May 9, 1941

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R3208

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2222LT on May 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Herbert Browell, pilot,
Sgt Robert John Bennett,
Sgt Alan Walter Dean,
Sgt William James Stephen McGregor,
Sgt Maxwell George Robertson,
Sgt John Leslie Smith.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1941 at 1116 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3741

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