Scheveningen

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Thorney Island - Thorney Island

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9025

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The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1606LT on an anti shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Scheveningen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Matthew White, pilot,
F/Sgt Hedley Albert Goldsmith, observer,
F/Sgt John Arthur Wilson, wireless operator,
Sgt Basil Warwick Hammersley, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 1400 LT

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Z7306

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1130LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Donald Fieldman, pilot,
Sgt Frank Kent Phillips, observer,
Sgt John Herbert Carr, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1941 at 1400 LT

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Z7312

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 1130LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Clarence Edward Charles Haggitt, pilot,
P/O Robert Francis Bennett,
F/O Charles Douglas Ramsay.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941

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Z7439

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1122LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Gordon Farrow, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Cyril Saunders, observer,
F/Sgt Oswald Harry Robinson, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1300 LT

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V5502

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1127LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Anthony Aloysius McDonald Scott, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George James Dewin, observer,
F/Sgt Patrick Conlon, wireless operator.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1300 LT

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V6084

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 1142LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Horace Colvill Hilton, pilot,
Sgt Jack Sykes, observer,
Sgt John Clayton, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1941 at 1950 LT

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