Bottesford AFB

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R5628

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford on the evening of September 9 for a mining operation in the Silverthorn area. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 10 km southwest of Thyborøn. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Bjorn Einarson, pilot,
Sgt Francis Raymond Carter, flight engineer,
Sgt Alastair Mackenzie Cockie, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Arthur Birch, bomb aimer,
P/O Donald Wingrove Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Charles Kensett, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Frederick Smethurst, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Medemblik: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942 at 0250 LT

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R5755

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 0030LT on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer of Medemblik. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Richard Gerald Rowlands, pilot,
Sgt George Fleck, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick John Charles Barnes, observer,
P/O Adam Byers Hastings, observer,
Sgt John Campbell Luton, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Vivian Pattison, air gunner,
Sgt John Wilfred Atkinson, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Mandø Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1942 at 0256 LT

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R5616

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2100LT on August 16 for mine laying duties in the Geraniums area. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea south of Mandø Island. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Jeaffreson Southwell, pilot, †
F/O Dennis John Quinlan, observer, †
F/O Wilfrid Milton Edmonds, †
Sgt Robert Robson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt John Andrew McLean, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Douglas, air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Read.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Oksby: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1942 at 0242 LT

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R5509

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2131LT on August 16 to lay mines in the Willows area. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Oksby. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Milne Craig,
Sgt John McArthur,
Sgt Alfred Henry McKenzie,
Sgt William Brodie McVicar,
Sgt Arthur Roddam,
Sgt Stanley Spencer,
F/Sgt Norman James Sutherland.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942 at 0241 LT

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R5760

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2246LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and later crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast of Zeeland. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Fitzpatrick,
Sgt John Walter Benn,
W/O David Wyndham Fry,
Sgt Henry Alfred Leslie Green,
Sgt Ronald Wiliam Edward Holmes,
Sgt Philip Redginald Kenny,
Sgt Stanley Obbard.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Drais: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942

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R5633

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2242LT on August 12 on an operation to Mainz. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Drais, west of Mainz. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Samuel Forster Kane, pilot,
Sgt Adam Innes Steel, flight engineer,
W/O Bernard Anthony Brophy, observer,
Sgt Cedric Racine, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Henry Whiting, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Page Laing Wood, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Preston, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Kattegat: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1942

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R5499

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The airplane departed RAF Bottesford to lay mines in the Silverthorn area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Kattegat. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Milton Wilbur Atkins,
F/Sgt Lionel George Cladis,
F/O Gordon Easley,
F/O Stanley Glazebrook,
P/O Raymond Raynes Hartell,
Sgt Clifford William Musto,
F/O John Garfield Speir.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF Bottesford: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1942 at 0500 LT

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