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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2240LT on September 10 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following morning, it force landed in a field near Harling Road Station on the rail line between Thetford and Norwich. All seven crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was not repaired.
Crew:
P/O Cresswell,
Sgt Rowley-Blake,
Sgt Stewart,
P/O A. Abels,
Sgt Wing,
Sgt Turner,
Sgt Lowe.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Barton Bendish

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0430 LT

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5449

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2110LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It crash landed at 0430LT in a wheat field at Hall Farm, Barton Bendish, after flying from the Dutch coast with the starboard engine on fire. All six crew members survived.
Crew:
S/L H. L. Price, pilot,
Sgt Webber,
F/S Woodmason,
Sgt Riley,
Sgt Giles,
Sgt Davidson.

Probable cause:

Right engine on fire.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Cromer

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 0240 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6654

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Leeming - Leeming

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2088

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2000LT on September 6 on an operation to Hüls. It was damaged by a German fighter and crash landed near Cromer while trying to return to base. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Havelock,
P/O Watts,
F/S Hancock,
Sgt Fitzpatrick,
Sgt C. H. R. Ford.

Probable cause:

Damaged by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Thornham

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0550 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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X3136

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1943LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed on scrub land near Thornham. All four crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sgt W. C. Samuel,
Sgt West,
Sgt Watchorn,
Sgt Tilley.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Wells-next-the-Sea

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0525 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AE305

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The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2035LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed near Wells-next-the-Sea and was damaged beyond repair after it passed beneath telephone wires and slid through two hedges. The crew escaped unhurt.
Crew:
F/S F. A. Titcomb,
Sgt R. M. Gifford,
Sgt Raynes,
Sgt Christy.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Grimston

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941 at 0450 LT

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD978

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2005LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it crash landed on Stone Pit Hills near Grimston. All four crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew.
W/Cdr H. V. Satterley,
Sgt K. Rogers,
Sgt J. R. Cross,
Sgt H. Yardley.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 off Winterton-on-Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1941 at 2355 LT

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Junkers JU.88

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R4+CM

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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592

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. Approaching the coast of Norfolk, it was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed in North Sea some 50 km off Winterton-on-Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Walter Kleine, pilot,
Fw Hans Engmann, radio operator,
Fw Helmut Fiedler, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near RAF Docking: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941 at 0500 LT

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6951

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2243

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2112LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed at 0500LT at Friar's Thorn Farm near RAF Docking. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Paul Eugene Carreau, pilot, †
Sgt Albert Edward Masters, pilot, †
Sgt Wilfrid Venus Atkinson, observer, †
Sgt C. Higson,
Sgt F. Kuebler.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Wayford Bridge

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 1250 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7441

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The pilot was completing a solo training flight when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances on Sand's Marsh, north of the River Ant at Wayford Bridge. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
P/O D. J. J. Ritchie, pilot.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF West Raynham

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1941 at 0330 LT

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1468

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2045LT on August 27 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF West Raynham where the airplane crashed while trying to land in heavy rain and poor visibility, bursting into flames. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Foster,
Sgt Soames,
Sgt Lewis,
Sgt McKay,
Sgt Gregory,
Sgt Nuttall.