Royal Air Force - RAF

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Pocklington - Pocklington

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The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1721LT on an operation to Hamburg. At 1835LT, the crew indicated he was returning to base when contact was lost. It is believed that the airplane crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Robert Clare Bisset, pilot,
Sgt William Leslie Evans,
F/Sgt Charles Edward Hillmer,
F/Sgt Alan John Knight,
Sgt Ronald Percy Mann,
P/O Robert Addison Mather.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth at RAF Netheravon

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

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Registration:

G-AAEW

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Netheravon - Netheravon

MSN:

1043

YOM:

1929

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The single engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Netheravon. The pilot, sole on board, escaped uninured. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in November 1941.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Z1202

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Grimsby - Grimsby

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The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1817LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth William Barnfield,
Sgt Rupert Oscar Dowling,
Sgt James Oswald Edmonds,
Sgt Fred Fishwick,
Sgt George Percival Hughes,
Sgt Stuart Laban Innes.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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AT115

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1640LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Jack Goodbrand,
Sgt Henry Griffiths,
Sgt Arthur Edward Hill,
Sgt Frank Edwin Rolfe.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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P1228

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1620LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Francis Gowan,
Sgt Dan Davies Jones,
Sgt Arthur John Moore,
Sgt Anthony Joseph William Parker.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Grimsby

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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Registration:

Z9211

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Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

Schedule:

Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

MSN:

2316

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1641LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ditched off Grimsby. All five crew members were rescued by a passing trawler.
Crew:
P/O Earp,
P/O McKenzie,
Sgt Carmichael,
Sgt Stewart,
Sgt Cairns.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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Z6507

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

MSN:

2019

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1655LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Denis Hammersley,
Sgt Donald Stephen Kay,
P/O Harold Knight,
F/Sgt Rene Leonidas Joseph Lizotte,
Sgt Geoffrey Seaby Hayden Mott.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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Z6506

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

Schedule:

Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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2018

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1651LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs,
Sgt George Clarence Davies,
Sgt Thomas Harold Marlow,
P/O Esmond Mark David Romilly,
Sgt Alan Whewell.

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

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941

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Z8953

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