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The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of July 8 on an operation to Hamm. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred William Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Albert Soutar, observer,
F/Sgt Samuel John Lytle, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Douglas Mackenzie, wireless operator.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941

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T4209

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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1882

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on July 8 on an operation to Hamm. After being badly damaged by the German Flak, the airplane was returning to base when it crashed in the North Sea off the east coast of England. Four crew members were killed and a fifth swam nine miles to shore and survived.
Crew:
Sgt David John Clow, †
Sgt William Forster, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Morrison McQuitty, †
P/O Edward Alan Scxotgt, pilot, †
Sgt J. F. Haffenden.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-6 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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M2+GL

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The airplane was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were missed in action.
Crew:
Lt Gottfried Pagels, pilot,
Ogefr Heinrich Brändle, observer,
Gefr Klaus Schröder, radio operator,
Gefr Hans Schuh, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1238 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7424

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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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. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea, about 100 km west of Zanvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Albert Causon, pilot,
Sgt Roy Spencer, observer,
Sgt William Bernard Cundill, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into The Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941

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AD871

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of July 6 on an operation to Brest. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in The Channel.
Crew:
Sgt Lynford Colin Crook,
Sgt Norman Victor Edwards,
Sgt James Terris Leitch,
Sgt Thomas Porteous.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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AD806

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The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of July 5 on an operation to Osnabrück. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Arthur Holden,
F/Sgt Arthur Anthony Horn,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Johnson,
F/Sgt Henry Mainey.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Z7272

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation off Norderney. Along the Dutch coast, while flying too low, it collided with the mast of a ship and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Morgan,
P/O Crichton Macknight Stickney,
F/Sgt Harold Kenneth Vincent Wyatt.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1941

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of July 3 on an operation to Essen. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Wesley Greening,
Sgt Roydon Horatio Hartstone,
Sgt Richard Edward Haycock,
Sgt Harold Jones,
Sgt John Ross Nation,
Sgt Ian Laurie Reid.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1941

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