Rogaland

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The airplane departed Sumburgh at 1248 to attack enemy ships between Stavanger and Bergen. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Østhusvik. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Percival Gordon Cory, pilot,
Sgt David Ferguson Sharpe Campbell, observer,
Sgt Francis George Kinghan, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1940 at 1330 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3826

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The airplane departed Sumburgh to bomb the airport of Stavanger-Sola. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Glanvor Hughes, pilot,
Sgt James F. Borrows, observer,
Sgt Stanley Longstaff, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Stavanger: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1940 at 0900 LT

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N7279

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1675

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 0625LT to bomb an ammunition dump. While approaching Stavanger-Sola Airport, it was shot down by the pilot of an Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Neil Ewart,
P/O Francis Sirius Crawford,
Sgt Edgar Pearce,
AC1 Thomas Morton.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Stavanger: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1940 at 0900 LT

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N7270

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1666

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 0625LT to bomb an ammunition dump. While approaching Stavanger-Sola Airport, it was shot down by the pilot of an Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Clifford Stephen Greenaway, pilot,
Sgt Sydney George Henry Stephens,
Sgt Adam Fraser King,
Cpl Alfred John Hull.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Stavanger: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1940 at 0900 LT

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N7217

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1613

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 0625LT to bomb an ammunition dump. While approaching Stavanger-Sola Airport, it was shot down by the pilot of an Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Blanshard Askquith-Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Hugh Nicholls,
AC1 Samuel James Watkin Baines, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Long.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I near Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1940 at 1130 LT

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N7359

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Plain, Valley

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Leuchars - Leuchars

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414-1755

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a reconnaissance mission. While approaching Stavanger, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Talbot Norman Conn Rothwell, pilot,
P/O R. C. Wood,
Sgt Charles Lawrence Hand,
Sgt Walter Edmund Harding.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D3 near Haugesund: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940

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Dornier DO.18

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8L+HK

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819

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After being shot down by enemy fire, the airplane crashed on a beach located about 4 km north of Haugesund. A crew member was injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
Fw Heinrich Wraage, pilot, †
Lt Max Altenkrüger, observer, †
Uffz Gerhard Krause, radio operator, †
Uffz Walter Ernst, mechanic.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Stavanger: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1940 at 1430 LT

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N7335

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Wick - Wick

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414-1731

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1940

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The crew departed RAF Wick at 1115LT on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast. While approaching Stavanger, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Sola Airport. Three crew members were killed while the fourth occupant was recued and became PoW.
Crew (269th Squadron):
P/O Albert V. N. Bartlett, †
P/O William N. Hammond, †
Sgt Albert A. Townsend, †
LAC S. MacKenzie.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF off Stavanger: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3624

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