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Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse

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2309

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0040LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the sea some 11 miles east-southeast of Skegness. All five crew members were rescued by the Skegness lifeboat 'Anne Allen' at 1135LT.
Crew:
P/O A. C. McKenzie,
Sgt E. E. Jones,
Sgt J. D. Carmicheal,
Sgt R. J. Harwood,
Sgt V. C. Fraser.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skegness: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1941

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AD970

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Coningsby - Coningsby

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The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a test flight. While flying at low height over the sea off Skegness, the airplane stalled and crashed. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Edward Thurston, †
LAC T. Sissons,
Sgt C. H. Lockyer.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skegness: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1940 at 2330 LT

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X3027

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Hamburg. Prior to midnight, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about a mile off Skegness. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Raymond Bufton, pilot,
P/O Konstantine Ballas-Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick James William Bichard, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Robert Forrest Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skegness

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1940 at 0620 LT

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X2897

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2110LT on August 28 on an operation over Berlin. The next morning, while returning to its base, it was ditched into the sea off Skegness. All four crew members were rescued from their rubber dinghy after being adrift for several hours.
Crew:
F/L J. A. Pitcairn-Hill,
F/O Watson,
Sgt T. P. Byrne,
F/O R. Stannion.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I off Skegness

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1940 at 0640 LT

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P4351

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Charles Richard Vernon Pugh

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Scampton – Scampton

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea some 16 km east of Skegness. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt J. Unsworth,
Sgt D. S. Imber,
Sgt McDonald,
LAC Allwood.

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Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM in Skegness: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1933

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Avro 616 Avian IVM

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G-ABDN

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Takeoff (climb)

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Private

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Skegness - Skegness

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423

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1930

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Shortly after takeoff from Skegness Aerodrome, while climbing, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hubert Bentinck Chantrey, pilot.
Passenger;
Vera Emily Field.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth off Skegness: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 23, 1933

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De Havilland DH.60 Moth

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Eric C. Peacock

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G-EBTV

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De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth

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436

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1927

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Few minutes after takeoff from Ingoldmells, near Skegness, the single engine aircraft crashed into the North Sea off Skegness. The pilot Eric C. Peacock was injured while the passenger James Barton drowned.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth off Hunstanton

Date & Time: May 26, 1932

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Eastern Air Transport (UK)

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G-AAXL

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