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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1635LT on an operation to Gent. It failed to return and it is believed that it probably crashed into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Roland Ernest Maurer, pilot,
Sgt Ian Stuart Macaulay, observer,
Sgt Benjamin Leslie Bembridge, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1940

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R1176

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The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 25 on an operation to Kiel. While flying at night, it probably crashed into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
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P/O Robert George Gordon Malben Marsden,
F/Sgt Frank Swatton,
Sgt James Arthur Bowler,
Sgt William Raltray Allan Dick,
Sgt Alistair MacNab,
Sgt Raymond William Powell.

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

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N6238

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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9335

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham in the evening of November 24 on an operation to Hamburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Alfred Waugh, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Cox,
Sgt Adolphus Wilfred Norman.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVC into the Irish Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z5734

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Belfast - Belfast

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The airplane departed Belfast-Aldergrove Airport on a convoy mission. According to eyewitnesses on HMS Vesper, the airplane stalled while making a turn and dove into the North Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Gardiner Hair,
F/O Brian Henry Herrick,
Sgt Percy Ronald Smith.

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

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1940 at 1840 LT

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T2471

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Stradishall - Stradishall

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1700LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Robert Matheson Pears,
Sgt Robert Charles Bishop,
Sgt Harold Wignell Brook,
Sgt Stanley Charles Chester,
Sgt Alfred Hyam,
Sgt Albert Edward Taylor.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+BB

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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347

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. It failed to return to its base, probably after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. No trace was found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Karl-Heinrich Heyse, pilot,
Uffz Richard Fiedler, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Bauda, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Nov 21, 1940 at 0634 LT

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P5072

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1780

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The bomber departed RAF Topcliffe at 0212LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances at 0634LT in the North Sea, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
F/O Anthony Marmaduke Langdale Selby,
W/C Samuel Robert Groom,
Sgt Leslie Hogarth,
Sgt Thomas Douglas Elliott,
F/O Edward Denys Stevens.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1940

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Lutzkendorf. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Ball,
Sgt Basil Terence Macy Fulton,
Sgt Tom Henry Mellon,
Sgt Douglas George Buchan Steel.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18 into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1940

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Dornier DO.18

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