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The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 23 on an operation to Wismar. Over the Smålandsfarvandet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Vejrø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Owen Beamish White, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey William Ardern Higson, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Francis Burton Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt James Alexander Beaton, wireless operator,
Sgt James Cornwall Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Wallace Henry, air gunner,
Sgt Noel Henry Crozier, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Korsør: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1942 at 0036 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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R9351

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The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2005LT on September 18 on a mine laying operation in the Asparagus region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Korsør. Six crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
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P/O J. M. Steel,
Sgt T. B. Brown, †
Sgt Jack Godfrey Newman, †
Sgt R. A. Heathcote, †
Sgt S. Greenbeck, †
Sgt Thomas Charles Smith, †
Sgt E. A. J. King. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Lolland Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1942 at 0157 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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R9320

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath in the evening of May 17 for operations in the Daffodils region. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea south off Lolland Island. Two crew members were killed and five others were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Graham Howard Roy Woodhouse, pilot,
Sgt George Dormer Anderson, flight engineer,
Sgt Gordon James Victor Lock, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Jack Nason, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Peek Waite, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald Grant, air gunner,
F/Sgt James Michael Wootton, air gunner. †

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Kalundborg: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1942 at 0142 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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R9310

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2137LT on May 17 for operation in the Daffodils region. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Store Bælt (Grand Belt) some 10 km south of Kalundborg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur John Frost, pilot,
P/O Gordon Willard Coldwell, pilot,
Sgt James Henry Baillie, flight engineer,
P/O Reginald Philip Gent, observer,
Sgt Alfred Henry Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt William Collins, air gunner,
Sgt John Currie, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Nakskov: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1942 at 0221 LT

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Z1615

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2304LT on a Gerdening operation. While passing over the area of Nakskov at a height of about 60 metres, the airplane was shot down by ground fire and ditched into the sea off Nakskov. The air gunner was killed while four other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Richards, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Bell,
Sgt Percy Gaum,
P/O John Simpson,
Sgt Albert Gruchy, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester IA in Store Lind: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1942 at 0223 LT

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Avro 679 Manchester

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L7489

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The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 2146LT on 8 May on an operation to Warnemünde. Over the target area, the airplane was severely damaged by the German Flak. Nevertheless, the crew continued over Denmark but with the right engine on fire, the captain ordered his crew to bail out. Out of control, the airplane crashed in an open field located near Store Lind, on Møn Island. The pilot was killed and all six other crew became PoW.
Crew (50th Squadron):
Sgt Maurice Gruber, pilot, †
Sgt S. Garbutt,
P/O Harold Frederick Avery,
Sgt John Pearce,
Sgt Donald Broadhead,
Sgt Richard Solomon,
Sgt Kenneth George Richard Johnson.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Rødbyhavn

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1942 at 0230 LT

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Z9386

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of April 26 on an operation to Rostock. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak. The crew elected to return to base but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane in the Fehmarn Belt, off Rodbyhavn. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Henriques Valentine,
Sgt Hamilton Durnam,
Sgt John Waterworth,
Sgt Harry Wellington Hands.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G off Møn Island

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941

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Dornier DO.18

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RZ+AB

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Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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865

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1939

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The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea off Møn Island. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Vordingborg

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1941

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Z6498

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