Somme

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R3815

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack the Amiens-Glisy Airport. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Eric Aubrey Wray, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Metcalf Wood, observer,
Sgt George Thomas Drew, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1940

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L9468

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack the Amiens-Glisy Airport. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Aigneville. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harold Leslie Atkin-Berry, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Donaldson Cook, observer,
Sgt Roy Mercer, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Airaines

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1940

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R3916

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack the Amiens-Glisy Airport. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crash landed near the airfield. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Patrick North-Lewis, pilot,
Sgt R W Lonsdale, observer,
Sgt Brynmor Richard George, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1940

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P6894

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Plain, Valley

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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9419

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack the Amiens-Glisy Airport. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Cavillon. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas William Maslin, pilot,
Sgt Granville Thomas Truscott, observer,
Sgt Stanley Edward Hinton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Amiens

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1940

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R3606

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack the Amiens-Glisy Airport. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crash landed near the airfield. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Sinclair Lang Bain, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Arthur Allison, observer,
Sgt Gordon Cyril George Hawkins, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Abbeville: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 2200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

Operator:

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P4954

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Plain, Valley

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Dishforth - Dishforth

MSN:

1681

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth on a bombing mission over German positions in Northern France. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 6 km north of Abbeville. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Arthur Keast, pilot,
P/O David Frederick Braham, pilot,
Sgt John Jacob Myers, observer,
Sgt James McDonald Black, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Raymond Robin Henry Nuttall, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Poix-de-Picardie: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1940 at 1200 LT

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R3739

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1045LT to bomb enemy armored columns reported in the Forêt de Boray, near Poix-de-Picardie. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Two crew members became PoW and a third was killed.
Crew:
F/O C. Y. Buckley, pilot,
P/O Colin Campbell, observer,
Sgt E. H. B. Cotton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Poix-de-Picardie

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1940 at 1200 LT

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R3685

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1045LT on a bombing mission over Forêt de Boray. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Poix-de-Picardie. All three crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
P/O Richard Henry Montague Bennett, pilot,
Sgt Albert Bernard Langford, observer,
Sgt Holman Thomas Denison, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Lamotte-Buleux: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1940 at 1905 LT

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