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The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2310LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Malle, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Gilbert Campbell Hooey, pilot,
Sgt Victor John Arthur Butler, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Leonard Grundy, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Henry Withers, observer,
Sgt Ronald Claude Martin, air gunner,
Sgt Percy Vinton Parry, air gunner,
P/O Edward James Smitherman, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Marcy-sous-Marle

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0215 LT

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Z1488

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Ingham - Ingham

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The airplane departed RAF Ingham 2101LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Marcy-sous-Marle. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt B. Koscien,
F/O M. Daab,
Sgt J. Glodkowski,
F/Sgt M. Gadek,
Sgt W. Krzyzanowski.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0200 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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W7765

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Graveley - Graveley

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Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple

Marne

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France

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The airplane departed RAF Graveley 2042LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Frank Edward Gardiner, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Patrick Ryan, wireless operator, †
Sgt F. E. Albert Makin,
Sgt Palmer Maynard Nerland,
P/O Jean Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet,
Sgt F. W. Graham,
Sgt Edward Lawrence Whillock.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Thieulain

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0146 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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W7572

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Lakenheath - Lakenheath

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath 2045LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Thieulain. Three crew members became PoW and four others evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Basil Downing,
Sgt Douglas Allen Baker,
Sgt T. J. Jenkins,
Sgt H. Williams,
Sgt F. .J Berthelsen,
F/Sgt V. S. Wood,
Sgt G. L. Robinson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Morkhoven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0146 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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R5610

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2051LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Morkhoven. Four crew members were killed, two others became PoW and a seventh evaded.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Murray Buchan, observer, †
Sgt Peter Squires, flight engineer, †
Sgt Edward Vincent Norman, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Denzil Quintrell, air gunner, †
F/Sgt William Raymond Cubberley,
F/Sgt John Wilfred Docker,
F/Sgt O. R. Matheson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Feluy: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0139 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 683 Lancaster

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W4105

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Feluy, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leys Middleton Beaumont, pilot,
P/O Denis Franklin Nicholson, pilot,
P/O Joseph Matthews Rickard, observer,
P/O Gordon Cameron McDonald, observer,
Sgt James Vincent Holland, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Hagger, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Gerald Page, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I at RAF Abingdon

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0041 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.29 Stirling

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BF335

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2019LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was badly shit about by a German fighter and later crashed while trying to land at RAF Abingdon. All seven crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt James Edward Land, pilot,
Sgt S. A. Pearce, flight engineer,
Sgt George Hayes, navigator,
Sgt L. J. Walter, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Edward Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Frederick Eldridge, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Bee, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Badly shot about by a German fighter.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Saint-Loup

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0030 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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Z9232

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Tempsford - Tempsford

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2337

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1941

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The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation with a crew of five on board. in unclear circumstances, it crashed at 0030LT on the south bank of the Cher River in Saint-Loup. All five occupants evaded.
Crew:
S/L Harold Aittken Outram,
F/Lt Harry Leslie Holliday,
P/O Laurence Wilson,
P/O Ernest Richard Walsh Wood,
Sgt G. F. Foster.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Rienne: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0025 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 417 Wellington III

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X3414

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Snaith - Snaith

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The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2040LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rienne. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt James Henry Scorer, pilot, †
F/Sgt David Leslie Thomas Craig, wireless operator, †
Sgt Adam Brodie Fraser, air gunner, †
F/Sgt James Maxwell Gibson, †
Sgt Frederick Dolton.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Ougrée: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 0018 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 417 Wellington III

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Z1594

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The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing south of Liège, Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ougrée. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Clarence Scott Elkington, pilot, †
Sgt John Henry Garland, air gunner, †
Sgt Lorne Thomas Goat,
Sgt Alexander Keir,
Sgt Alvin Edward Young.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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