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For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed into the sea off Store Heddinge. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hans Thalec, radio operator,
Ofw Martin Spoigel, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Ruthenberg,
Uffz Helmut Wirth,
Gefr Viktor Lochner.

Crash of a Polikarpov SP near Smolensk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

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CCCP-L2267

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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Smolensk - Nevel

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10132

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1937

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on a flight from Smolensk to Nevel. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor at RAF White Waltham

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor

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Registration:

G-AGAY

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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2894

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1938

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The four engine airplane, originally owned and operated by DDL, was seized by the British Army on 9 April 1940 and re-registered G-AGAY. It was supposed to be registered DX117 but this registration was attributed to a Bristol 152 Beaufort. It crashed for unknown reasons while landing at RAF White Waltham and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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Registration:

T9452

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Kaldaðarnes - Kaldaðarnes

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414-2505

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1941

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The airplane failed to return to base at Kaldaðarnes following operations over the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Paul Newbery Britton,
Sgt Joseph Campbell,
Sgt John Sydney Charles Edge,
Sgt Ernest George King.

Crash of a Stinson SR-9C Reliant in Old Sarum

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Stinson SR-9 Reliant

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Registration:

W7983

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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5160

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1937

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The single engine airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Old Sarum Airfield. The pilot, sole on board, was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina near Cape Vyevnavolok: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 11, 1941

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, about 55 km north of Murmansk. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Nikolai Vasilievich Talalikhin, pilot, †
Lt Sergueï Dmitrievitch Bobkov, copilot,
Lt Agubegir Aslamurzaevich Ktsoev, navigator, †
AC2 Philip Davydovich Nakonechny, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonid Fedorovich Ryzhichkov, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.86 off Guldborg

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1941 at 0810 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.86

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CS+NH

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to ditch the aircraft in the sea off Guldborg. All seven occupants were rescued by fishermen while the aircraft sank and was lost.