East Yorkshire

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4D+1S

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The airplane departed Aalborg to attack RAF Thornaby. After passing the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed in Partrington. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Franz Georg Wolff, pilot,
Fw Hugo Keller, observer,
Uffz Wilhelm Rautenberg, air gunner, †
Obfw Werner Hans Kruczinski, wireless operator. †

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 off Spurn Head: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1940 at 0300 LT

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4D+GZ

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Amsterdam - Amsterdam

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245

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The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on a mission over England. Approaching the British coast at night, it was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Blenheim and crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Gustav Schramm, pilot,
Gefr Hans Roth, radio operator,
Obfw Fritz Zenkel, air gunner.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C off Flamborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

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4D+?H

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The airplane was engaged in a raid over RAF Driffield. Approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C off Flamborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

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4D+?S

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The airplane was engaged in a raid over RAF Driffield. Approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Joachim Resin, observer,
Uffz Werner Jünnemann, air gunner,
Fw Alfred Schumann, wireless operator +1.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C off Flamborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

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4D+?R

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The airplane was engaged in a raid over RAF Driffield. Approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Wolf-Dietrich Riede, pilot,
Uffz Fritz Hartwich, observer,
Uffz Peter Panhuysen, wireless operator,
Flgr Richard Ulbricht, air gunner.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-4 off Flamborough Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1940

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Heinkel He.111

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5J+BK

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Soesterberg - Soesterberg

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The crew departed Soesterberg Airfield in the Netherlands on a bombing mission. While approaching the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the British Flak and crashed into the sea off Flamborough Head. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (2. Staffel I/KG 49):
Fw Richard Schmitt, pilot,
Fw Hans Geisdorf, observer,
Uffz Willi Soffel, radio operator,
Gfr Herbert Hebeld, air gunner.

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Shot down by the British Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Flamborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940 at 0410 LT

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P4383

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The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2113LT on July 31 on a raid over enemy positions. All contact lost at 0410LT and it is believed that the aircraft crashed into the sea some 50 km east of Flamborough. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Stallard Bell, pilot,
Sgt Christopher Douglas Evans,
Sgt William Elliott Miller,
Sgt Donald Tailford.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 off Hornsea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1940 at 1142 LT

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5J+AT

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The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB in the Netherlands to attack convoys in the North Sea. Approaching the British Coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Hornsea. The pilot was killed and three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Hptn Kurt Rohloff, pilot, †
Uffz Heinz Oechler, mechanic,
Uffz Artur Kuhnapfel, wireless operator,
Uffz George Abel, air gunner.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I in Ellerker: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1940

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Blackburn B-26 Botha

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L6205

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