Friesland

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The crew was engaged in a night maritime patrol flight when the captain decided to ditch the aircraft off Ameland Island for unknown reason. While the aircraft sunk, all four occupants were rescued.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1942

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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AE525

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414-3880

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1941

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While performing a maritime patrol flight, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (320th Squadron):
F/O J. Stork,
2nd Lt J. M. Mulder,
Sgt A. L. Sens,
AC1 E. de Weerd.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 2330 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7454

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Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge

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The airplane departed RAF Woolfox Lodge at 2020LT on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
P/O Cecil Stephen Churchill, pilot,
P/O Ian McKenzie Cassavetti, pilot,
P/O Joseph Frederic Chevalier, navigator,
Sgt John Mitchell, flight engineer,
Sgt Hugh Dracass, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Alistair Barham Hume, air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Dawson, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I off Terschelling: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1942 at 2159 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7394

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1930LT on a mine laying operation. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (106th Squadron):
F/Sgt Edgar Robert Dimond,
F/Sgt Henry Chaytor Bussell,
P/O Harold Selwyn Brough,
F/Sgt John Seery,
Sgt Donald Swaine,
Sgt Alexander Currie,
Sgt Francis Alfred Fry.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1942 at 2205 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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W7501

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1938LT on an operation to Lübeck. Passing along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jeffrey Hugh Edwards,
Sgt Ronald Philip Cale,
Sgt Leonard Reil Eagle,
Sgt Louis Robert Martin Norris,
Sgt John Charles Lyon Banks,
F/Sgt John Thompson Graham,
Sgt Desmond Edward Sproule Sidney-Smith.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1942 at 2321 LT

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AE219

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Balderton - Balderton

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The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1927LT on a mine laying operation. While cruising along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William MacMillan Fraser, pilot,
W/O Alger Jenkins, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Trawford, wireless operator,
Sgt Herman Albert Benjamin Bird, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1942 at 2242 LT

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AT176

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The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1921LT on a mine laying operation. While cruising along the Dutch coast at night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Beaumont Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Douglas Dunn, navigator,
Sgt Robert Frederick Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Brown, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1942 at 2210 LT

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L4140

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The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1919LT on a mine laying operation. Flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Gordon Findlay Beaver, pilot,
F/Sgt George Percy McLean,
Sgt Samuel Frederick Bentley,
Sgt Robert Noel Beale.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942 at 2257 LT

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