Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Mountains

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Tangmere - Tangmere

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SH.45

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1939

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While descending to RAF Tangmere in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit a hill and disintegrated. All five crewmen were killed.
Crew (24th Squadron):
P/O Hedley Eric Large, pilot,
F/O Colman O'Shaughnessy Murphy, pilot,
AC1 Leonard Bradburn,
LAC Wilfred Arnol Harper,
LAC Ernest Wragg.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Bayeux: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3818

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Odiham - Odiham

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The airplane departed RAF Odiham on a reconnaissance mission over Northern France. It was shot down over Bayeux by enemy fire and crashed. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Benjamin Everton-Jones, pilot,
Sgt George William Taplin, observer,
Sgt F. V. W. Thake, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I near Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1940 at 1130 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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N7359

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1755

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a reconnaissance mission. While approaching Stavanger, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Talbot Norman Conn Rothwell, pilot,
P/O R. C. Wood,
Sgt Charles Lawrence Hand,
Sgt Walter Edmund Harding.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1940

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Avro 652 Anson

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N5225

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Detling - Detling

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The twin engine airplane departed RAF Detling on a maritime patrol flight. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Russell K. Curzon, pilot,
Sgt Norman J. Sparks,
AC1 Laurence V. Pepper,
Sgt George A. Mitchell.

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

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940

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L7800

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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While on a maritime patrol flight off the Belgian coast, the aircraft crashed into the sea in unknown circumstances, killing all six crew members.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O John Stainforth Douglas-Cooper,
P/O Michael Benedict Dawson,
Sgt Geoffrey Bernard Fleming,
Sgt Robert Donaldson,
Sgt Michael Murphy,
P/O John Rupert Swift.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17 into the North Sea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 10, 1940 at 0801 LT

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Dornier DO.17

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7T+BL

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed into the sea. A crew member was killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Ofw Gerbig, pilot,
Uffz Karl Hoelscher, mechanic,
Lt Gerhard Prikker, observer. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Martin 167A3 Maryland in Laucourt: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940 at 1900 LT

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Martin 167 Maryland

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The airplane departed Nonancourt on an observation mission over Roye when it was shot down by the German Flak. With one engine on fire, it exploded in the air and crashed in Laucourt. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henri Paul Chommeloux, pilot,
S/Lt Yves Henri Laurent Le Marchand de Trigon, observer,
Sgt/C Henry Pierre Bufferne, radio operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Hiermont

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940 at 1015 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3602

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Rouen - Rouen

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The airplane departed Rouen Airport on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109. It crash landed in a field located between Hiermont and Yvrench. All three crew members survived but one was seriously injured and died two months later.
Crew:
P/O J. N. Bether, pilot,
Sgt Randall, observer,
Sgt Henry Humphrey Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Lerwick: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940 at 1430 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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N7255

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