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V6386

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Detling - Detling

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The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1558LT on an operation to France. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Peter Baxton Villa, pilot,
Sgt John Andre Mortimer, observer, †
Sgt Sydney Williaym McIntyre, radio operator and air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Allouagne: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1941

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V6390

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1547LT to bomb a power station at Gosnay. It crashed for unknown reasons near Allouagne. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice George Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Donovan, observer,
Sgt Tudor Beattie, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Boulogne-sur-Mer: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1941

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T1874

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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2200LT on an operation to Boulogne-sur-Mer. It crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching the target, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Gerald Charles Neil Close, pilot,
F/O Frederick George Roberts, observer,
Sgt Gordon William Richards, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Boulogne-sur-Mer: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1941

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T1825

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed Manston Airport at 1929LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching Boulogne-sur-Mer, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Desmond Brown,
P/O Cecil Harry Farvis,
Sgt Arthur John Morgan.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Calais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1941

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V5493

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed Manston at 1054LT on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Calais. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Thomas Herbert Downes,
Sgt Gordon Wilfred Hickman,
Sgt Reginald Ridgman-Parson.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Bourthes: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1941

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T4260

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Topcliffe - Topcliffe

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1913

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2135LT on an operation to Boulogne. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bourthes, about 27 km southeast of Boulogne. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Brian Austin Childs, pilot,
Sgt James Arthur Norris, pilot,
P/O Robert John Wyndham Williams, observer,
F/Sgt Alfred Pearsall Clifford-Reade, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Thomas Selley, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Pihen-lès-Guînes: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941

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AD899

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on a mine laying operation when it crashed in unknown circumstances near Pihen-lès-Guînes. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Joseph George Curley, pilot,
P/O Edward Townley Laverack, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ashurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Stevenson Campbell, wireless operator.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Calais: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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M7+CL

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Calais, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Oblt Bernhard van Bechtolsheim, pilot,
Gefr Josef Möller, observer,
Uffz Alfons Jarrosch, radio operator,
Fw Heinz Gerstner, mechanic.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Wimille: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 12, 1941

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T2515

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