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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2045LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It ran out of oxygen and obliged to lose height. Shortly after doing so, a burst of flak severely damaged both engines and the Wellington was forced landed, probably near the target area. The exact location of the accident remains unclear. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Alexander,
Sgt John Denver,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Sherratt,
Sgt John Edward Shooter,
Sgt R. Taylor.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Frankfurt: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1942

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N6070

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2150LT on May 4 on an operation to Plzen. While returning to base the following night and passing over Frankfurt, it was shot down by the German Flak, entered a dive and crashed in the city. A crew member survived while seven others were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Humphreys Gregg, pilot, †
P/O Joseph Ogden Heap, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Randall Sherwood, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Leonard Aspinall Mayer, navigator, †
Sgt Keith Wheeler, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Whyte, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Rowland Lennock, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Lewis Macaffe, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Frankfurt

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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X9761

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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1914LT on September 28 on an operation to Frankfort. Believed to have crashed while approaching the target area. All six crew members became Pow.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Coleman,
Sgt Harold George Lewis,
Sgt Peter Leslie Trask,
Sgt Hilary Eldred Birk,
Sgt Wallace Harry Dyer,
Sgt John Bartlett Dicks.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Frankfurt

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1941

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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AD733

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Frankfurt. It is believed that it crashed while approaching the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Charles Philip Darwin,
F/Sgt Frank Robert Hibbert,
F/Lt John Douglas Mundy,
Sgt Andrew Winton.

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

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z6863

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2204

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2101LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Oswald Lalor, pilot, †
Sgt Horace James William Newnes, pilot, †
Sgt Michael Reginald Bowes, observer, †
Sgt Frederick Potts,
Sgt Robert Cecil Watchorn.

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Shot down by enemy fire.