Bodney AFB

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R3767

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Plain, Valley

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1022LT on an operation to Heligoland Island. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed on the island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Bonnett,
Sgt Reginald James Greenough,
Sgt Alfred Albert Matthews.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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T2165

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1032LT on an operation to Heligoland Island. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Francis Alfred George Lascelles, pilot,
F/Sgt William John Ordway, observer,
F/Sgt Cecil Pollock Weir, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Acklington: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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V6445

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1217LT on an anti-shipping operation. It collided with the mast of a ship and diverted to RAF Acklington where it crashed while attempting an emergency landing. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Laurence Cash, observer, †
F/Lt D. R. Gibbs,
Sgt S. V. Pascoe.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Strijensas: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941 at 1210 LT

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T2437

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney to attack the Quadrath Power Station in Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Strijensas. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Graham Cooper Rolland, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Bainbridge, observer,
P/O Hugh Maxwell Clark, observer.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1941 at 1416 LT

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V6026

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 10 km west-southwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Kenyon Oswald Burt, pilot,
Sgt William Thomas Ellis, observer,
F/Sgt Angus Douglas Willis Curr, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1941

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V6513

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1243LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Heligoland Island. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jack Bell,
Sgt Ernest George Martin,
Sgt John Tague.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1941

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R3803

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1243LT on an operation to the Kiel Canal. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Stocks, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Goddard Lee, observer,
P/O Eric Sidney Hale, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 28, 1941 at 1545 LT

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V6457

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1258LT on an operation to Heligoland. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 130 km north of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Birchington-on-Sea

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941 at 1730 LT

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V5596

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