Swanton Morley AFB

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Z2213

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0714LT on an operation to Bergen. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 20 km west of Callantsoog. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Masterman Henning, pilot,
P/O Percy James Voyzey, observer,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Willig, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III in De Voert: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942 at 0803 LT

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AL741

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0714LT on an operation to Bergen. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in De Voert, about 3 km southwest of Bergen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt William George Lynn Jr., pilot,
2nd Lt Boyd Sutcliff Grant, observer,
Cpl Charles Kramarewicz, wireless operator,
S/Sgt William Ennis Murphy, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III of Breezand: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942 at 0802 LT

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AL677

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0711LT on an operation to De Kooy. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Breezand. Three crew members were killed and the observer became a PoW.
Crew:
2nd Lt Frederick A. Loehrl, pilot, †
Lt M. D. Draper, observer,
Sgt Robert L. Whitham, wireless operator, †
Cpl James W. Wright, air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston IIIA in Raversijde: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1942

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Z2249

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley on an operation to Ostend. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a prairie located in Raversijde, near Ostend's Airport. A crew member was killed while both other occupants were injured.
Crew (226th Squadron):
F/O W. A. Keech,
Sgt W. Phillips,
Sgt D. Handford. †
Source & photo: http://www.sbap.be/foreign/foreign01.htm

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston III off Dunkirk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1942

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Z2265

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 0935LT to bomb a dry dock at Dunkirk. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Dunkirk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ernest Newton Pasterfield, pilot,
Sgt Edmund Ronald Baird, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Clifden Darnell, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Bawdeswell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1942 at 1600 LT

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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V4137

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Training

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The crew departed RAF Swanton Morley on a training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane collided in mid-air with a second RAF Oxford registered V4063 and also carrying a crew of two out from the same airbase. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and were destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ben Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Stephen Harry Robinson, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Bawdeswell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1942 at 1600 LT

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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V4063

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The crew departed RAF Swanton Morley on a training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane collided in mid-air with a second RAF Oxford registered V4137 and also carrying a crew of two out from the same airbase. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and were destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Donald Mcleod Craik, pilot,
Sgt Everard Howard Hawken, pilot.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III near Beauvais: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1942

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Z2209

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