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The crew departed RAF Abootsinch on a training exercise. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Rowbank Reservoir near Lochwinnoch, in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Robert Anne, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur William Stanley, wireless operator, †
P/O John Keith Dingle Williams, observer, †
Sgt H. Murdock.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Registration:

Z5982

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Thornaby - Thornaby

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The airplane departed RAF Thornaby at 1139LT On an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alec Patrick Best,
Sgt Henry Hillwood,
F/O Rowland Keith Keating,
P/O Sir Iain Workman MacRobert.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Pembrey

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Registration:

L1231

Flight Phase:

Taxiing

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Hemswell - Hemswell

MSN:

8514

YOM:

1938

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An undercarriage collapsed while taxiing and the airplane was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I at RAF Lossiemouth

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 290 Wellington I

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Registration:

L4360

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

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Crashed for unknown reasons upon landing at RAF Lossiemouth while conducting a training flight on behalf of the 20th Army Training Unit. There were no casualties.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near RAF Grantham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Avro 679 Manchester

Operator:

Registration:

L7315

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Grantham - Grantham

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The crew was engaged in a training mission at RAF Grantham. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The pilot ordered the wireless operator to bail out and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field. The pilot was killed while the wireless operator was rescued.
Crew:
P/O Cyril George Colborne, pilot, †
Sgt J. Wilson, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

An engine caught fire in flight due to a conrod failure.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Flamborough: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 1622 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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Registration:

N6007

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1358LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base in the afternoon and approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed in the North Sea some 30 km east of Flamborough. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas William Ernest Chapple,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Cole,
F/Lt John Kenneth Collins,
Sgt William Hardie,
Sgt Charles Kelly,
Sgt Gordon Thomas Webb,
Sgt Frederick Charles Williams.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Cuxhaven: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0244 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Registration:

Z6572

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

MSN:

2043

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2230LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Wadden Sea, between the estuaries of Weser and Elbe, near Cuxhaven. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Condie McArthur, pilot,
Sgt Donald Macauley Philp, pilot,
F/Sgt Ernest John James Raper, observer,
Sgt William James Clarke, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Samuel Shannon Carlile, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hamburg: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0222 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

Operator:

Registration:

W5386

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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City

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Binbrook - Binbrook

Location:

Hamburg

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2257LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over Hamburg, it was coned by searchlight and shot down by a Me.110 then crashed in the Kuhwerder Hafen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur Lomax, pilot,
Sgt Horace Edward Meadows, pilot,
P/O Alastair Fulton Struthers, observer,
Sgt Henry Nykerk, wireless operator,
Sgt Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Thomas Relf, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Hipstedt: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0158 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Registration:

T4179

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Leeming - Leeming

MSN:

1872

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2231LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Hipstedt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Vincent Bingham-Hall, pilot,
Sgt John Stanley Shaw, pilot,
Sgt John Marshall McAlonan, observer,
Sgt Douglas Walter Banham, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Lawley, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Klein Hansdorf: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941 at 0152 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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P5016

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Leeming - Leeming

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1738

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2230LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Klein Hansdorf. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Harwood Knape, pilot, †
Sgt Denzil Philip Walker, pilot, †
P/O Richard Vary Campbell Bolster, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Stewart Carson, wireless operator, †
W/O Ernest Philip Lewis, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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