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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Edward Collis De Virac Lart, pilot,
P/O Maurice Hardy Gillingham, observer,
Sgt Augustus Spencer Beeby, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skagen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940 at 0050 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Registration:

L4087

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying mission off Frederikshaven. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German flak and crashed into the sea off Skagen. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Littleton Farrands, pilot,
Sgt Percy Dryden Nixon, observer, †
P/O Bernard Green, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Talbot Miller, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Store Vildmose: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1940 at 0244 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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N1383

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Kinloss - Kinloss

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1547

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1939

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The aircraft departed RAF Kinloss at 2248LT on April 25 to bomb the Airport of Aalborg. While approaching the target at night, the aircraft was shot down by Flak. A crew member was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field located 10 km north of Aalborg Airport, bursting into flames. All four other occupants were killed.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
F/O Owen Gerard Horrigan, pilot, †
Sgt V. H. Barr,
Sgt Norman Haithwaite, †
Sgt J. F. Hayes, †
AC2 Cyril Cecil Whitley. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley IV in Hadsund

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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K9048

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Dishforth - Dishforth

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1501

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2210LT on April 23 on a bombing mission to Aalborg. The exact circumstances of the accident involving this aircraft are not clear and it is believed that the airplane was probably hit by Flak while approaching the target. Later, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a pasture located in Hadsund, about 40 km southeast of Aalborg. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all five crew members became PoW. The exact location of the accident is not confirmed.
Crew:
F/O Bernard Warren Hayward,
F/O T. K. Milne,
W/O J. B. Ritchie,
W/O A. W. G. Lyne,
W/O F. Hargreaves.

Probable cause:

Shot down by Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA near Aggersund

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1940 at 2150 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 408 Wellington IA

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Registration:

P9218

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Bombing

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The aircraft departed RAF Mildenhall at 1755LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg, Denmark. While approaching the target at night, the aircraft was shot down by Flak. The captain attempted to make an emergency landing in the Limfjorden near Aggersund. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all six occupants became PoW.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O F. T. Knight,
Sgt W. G. McDonald,
Sgt G. E. Forsyth,
AC2 J. J. Eldridge,
AC2 Blackburn,
AC1 W. J. Thew.

Probable cause:

Shot down by Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Aalborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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1Z+FM

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Military

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Yes

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On approach to Aalborg Airport, all three engines failed. The airplane stalled and crashed. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was rescued.

Probable cause:

Triple engine failure on approach.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 in Dybvad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1930 at 1415 LT

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.9

Operator:

Johannes La Cour

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OY-DIC

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Dybvad – Odense

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3959

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1929

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During the weekend, the airplane was taking part to local pleasance flight out from Dybvad, taking part to an airshow. On August 16, a takeoff was abandoned due to insufficient airspeed and the aircraft collided with a tree, damaging the radiator and the left wing. Basic repairs have been carried out and the airplane carried more than 70 people during several sorties on August 17. After its departure from Dybvad, while climbing to a height of about 400 metres, the aircraft suffered a wing failure. The left wing detached and the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a tourb located in Siverslet, east of Dybvad. The pilot Johannes La Cour was killed and the passenger Olthaver Larsen was seriously injured.

The single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The passenger was injured and the pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the left wing in flight, probably due to summary repairs following a previous damage after colliding with a tree.