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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2325LT on December 11 on an operation to Mannheim. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey William Hartland,
Sgt Harry Leonard Ralls,
Sgt Frederick Charles Morton,
Sgt Robert Winterbottom,
Sgt Jack Swain,
Sgt Laurence William Scott.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940 at 2045 LT

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P5112

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1820

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1745LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Derek John Dunn,
P/O Norman Wylam-Walker,
Sgt Thomas Gray,
Sgt Albert Edward Creswell,
Sgt Frank Eddowes.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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T2476

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O David Allan Dadswell,
Sgt Francis Thomas Buckingham,
Sgt Charles Duncan Powrie,
Sgt William Henry James,
Sgt Edward Cooper Lee,
Sgt John Cunningham Macaskie.

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

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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R3209

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Düsseldorf. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred Arthur Harris, pilot,
Sgt Alan Asquith Wooding,
Sgt William Desmond Ingrams,
Sgt Richard Francis Stacey,
Sgt Arthur Charles Ashman,
Sgt Phillip James White.

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

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1940 at 0900 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R2770

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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The airplane departed Port Sudan at 0430LT on a reconnaissance mission. It is believed that it was shot down around 0900LT by the pilot of an Italian fighter and crashed into the Red Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Gerald Rhodes, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Edmund Frank Hitchin,
Sgt Sidney Clarence Lewis.

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Shot down by an Italian fighter.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R2796

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 2030LT to attack aerodromes. It was slot without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
SGt George Gordon Moffat,
Sgt William Reginald Starns,
Sgt Raymond Brooks Stilwell.

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

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1940

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T2894

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The airplane departed Luqa Airport on a mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the sea. all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Craven Goring Hohler,
F/O John Archibald Gray,
Sgt John Charles Cornish,
Sgt Hugh Alphonso Hogger,
Sgt Jack Herbert Jefferies,
Sgt Frederick Eric Valentine Johnson.

Crash of a Farman NC.223 into the Mediterranean Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1940 at 1205 LT

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Farman NC.223

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F-AROA

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Postal (mail)

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Marseille – Bizerte – Beirut – Damascus

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While cruising off Sardinia on a flight to Beyrouth and Damascus via Bizerte, the radio navigator sent a brief message that he was hit by enemy fire. Shortly later, the aircraft named 'Le Verrier' crashed into the sea some 50 km off the Cape Spartivento, south of Sardinia. SAR were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven occupants was ever found. At the time of the accident, Italian and British fighters were taking part to a battle in the area.
Crew:
Henri Guillaumet, pilot,
Marcel Reine, copilot,
Jean Le Duff, radio navigator,
Fernand Franques, flight engineer,
Lucien Montaubin. second flight engineer.
Passengers:
Jean Chiappe, High Civil Commissioner of France to Levant (Lebanon and Syria),
Cpt Nicolas.

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Shot down by an Italian or a British fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into The Channel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1940

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