Norfolk

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R3757

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Bodney - Bodney

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Bodney. Shortly after a night takeoff, while climbing to a height of 200 feet, the airplane entered a dive, crashed and exploded. A crew was killed and three others were seriously injured.
Crew:
S/L G. S. King,
Sgt George Harvey Whalen, observer,
Sgt Edwin Horatio Sturt, wireless operator, †
Sgt L. H. Lightfoot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bodney

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1940

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L8737

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Bodney. Immediately after takeoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. Armstrong,
Sgt W. R. Clinton,
Sgt G. Evans.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Sculthorpe: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940

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T2229

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1830LT on October 28 on an operation to Mannheim. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Cranmer, near RAF Sculthorpe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Fraser Dallas,
Sgt Jack Hardcastle,
P/O Ian Prosser.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Methwold

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1940 at 2320 LT

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T2820

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1730LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, the crew encountered foggy conditions and was forced to divert to RAF Methwold. Too low on final approach, the airplane collided with trees and crashed 3 km short of runway. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/L C. L. Gilbert,
P/O N. J. Edwards,
Sgt M. G. Harris,
Sgt F. Haigh,
Sgt J. D. Broad,
Sgt F. Read.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Blakeny Point

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1940

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P5089

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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1797

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1840LT on October 20 to bomb a Škoda factory located in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched off Blakeny Point, Norfolk. All five crew members were rescued by the lifeboat Foresters Centenary.
Crew:
P/O A. Wilding,
F/O J. A. Champness,
Sgt London,
Sgt Hogg,
P/O H. F. Welte.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Sporle: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 0245 LT

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X2979

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Plain, Valley

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. While returning to base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sporle. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Herbert Clemerson, pilot,
F/O Edwin Charles Gardner, pilot,
Sgt William Hutchinson Hewitt, wireless operator,
Sgt Dominick Flanagan, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Great Massingham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940

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X2988

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Merseburg. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew and crashed near RAF Great Massingham. A crew was killed and three others were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt James Joseph Jackson, †
P/O T. Dawson,
Sgt E. A. Barker,
Sgt R. L. Hayes.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bodney

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1940 at 0205 LT

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T2277

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1900LT on October 8 on an operation to Calais. While returning to base, it crashed upon landing and was destroyed. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. L. Smith,
Sgt Anslow,
Sgt Blackaddy.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bodney

Date & Time: Oct 9, 1940 at 0155 LT

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T2032

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