Tripoli

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Z7271

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an operation to Tripoli. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed east of the city. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew.
F/Lt Edwin Fox, pilot, †
P/O Robert Edwin Taylor, observer, †
Sgt Andrew Lorimer Pepper, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Tripoli: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1941

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Z9804

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an operation over Libya. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed west of Tripoli. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Francis Henry William Keene, pilot,
Sgt Charles Theodore Small, observer,
Sgt Jack Pickup, wireless operator. †

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941

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Z7618

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation off the Libyan coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tripoli. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Daryl Martin Routh, pilot,
Sgt Robert Noel Parker, observer,
Sgt Gerald Francis McLeod, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941

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Z9663

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation off the Libyan coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tripoli. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Arthur Greenhill, pilot,
Sgt Alan Mackenzie Smith, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Arthur Whidden, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Tripoli

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1941 at 1430 LT

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V5821

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa to attack the airfield of Zuara in Libya. Approaching the Libyan coast, it was shot down by an Italian fighter and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea some 96 km north of Tripoli. All three crew members found refuge in a dinghy and drifted till Djerba where they arrive six days later and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. E. A. Hamlyn, pilot,
Sgt C. A. Latter, observer,
Sgt D. Williams, wireless operator.

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Shot down by an Italian fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.24N-1 off Tripoli: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1941

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Dornier DO.24

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KK+UL

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Military

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007

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1937

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The floatplane was mistakenly shot down by the Italian Flak while approaching Tripoli and crashed into the sea. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Fw Helmut Steckel, pilot, †
Uffz Linus Borchardt, radio operator, †
Lt Karl Fritsch, observer,
Gefr Max Unger, mechanic,
Ogefr Andreas Christiansen, air gunner,
Gefr Arnold. †

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Mistakenly shot down by the Italian Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1941

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P4840

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Luqa - Luqa

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9355

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation in the Mediterranean Sea. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tripoli. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Edmund Covell Robinson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Frank Brooks, observer,
Sgt Frank Burrell, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a CMASA Wal Jupiter VIII/R Cabina off Valetta

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1932

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CMASA Wal

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I-AZEA

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Yes

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Rome – Tripoli

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112

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1930

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While approaching Valetta, an engine failed, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing off the Maltese coast. All nine occupants were rescued and later embarked on the destroyer named 'Brillant'. The aircraft was towed but considered as damaged beyond repair.

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Engine failure.

Crash of a Nieuport-Delage NiD-641 off Sirte: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1929

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Nieuport-Delage NiD-641

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F-AJDA

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Postal (mail)

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