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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2136LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klüverdamm, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Rodney Charles Holyman, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Edward Cornwell Hudson, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Cox, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Herrington, wireless operator,
Sgt William Maxwell Jr., wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Bell, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Darrigsdorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0125 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5461

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The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2125LKT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darrigsdorf. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Harry Budden, pilot,
Sgt John Denis Morgan,
Sgt Cecil Kearne Mousley,
Sgt Leonard Geoffrey Smalley,
Sgt Douglas Storer,
Sgt Donovan Franklin Sugden.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I in Slochteren: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0125 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 679 Manchester

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L7381

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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 at 0015LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a field located in Slochteren, some 16 km east of Groningen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O William Michael Ronald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert Cotterell, pilot,
P/O Edward Arthur Reeman, observer,
Sgt James Allen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Halfpenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Coakes, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I off Buxtehude: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0124 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I

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L9530

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Middleton St George - Middleton St George

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The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2135LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buxtehude. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Thompson Niven, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt William Woods, air gunner, †
F/Lt Christopher Chevalier Cheshire,
Sgt Edward Charles Gurmin,
Sgt Paul Henry Theodore Horrox,
Sgt G. J. Smalley,
Sgt Reginald Charles Wash.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Weddewarden: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1513

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Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2129LT on August 12 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Weser Estuary off Weddewarden. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Rhodes Ball, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Wintersgill, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Harry Chandler, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Cullen,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Hatton,
Sgt Thomas Edward McGeragle, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Wistow

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0110 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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N4997

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The crew was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Upwood. While returning to base, the pilot was unable to localize the flare path. As the airplane ran out of fuel, he attempted an emergency landing in a pasture located between the villages of Wistow and Bury. The airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair while all six occupants were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. W. Dorney,
Sgt R. T. Bartlett,
Sgt P. Jacobs,
F/Sgt L. Milletts,
P/O S. Philips,
Sgt W. Fletcher.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Blievenstorf

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0106 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 406 Wellington II

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W5433

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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Blievenstorf

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Germany

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2046LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and was abandoned by the crew. The airplane dove into the ground and was destroyed while all six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert McDougal Durham,
P/O John Raymond Gibbon,
F/Lt Alexander Douglas Gosman,
Sgt Kenneth Stuart Holman,
Sgt James Jackson,
Sgt Leslie Frith.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Anderlingen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0050 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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R1341

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2120LT on August 12 on an operation to Hannover. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed near Anderlingen. All six crew members were killed.
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Sgt Eric Lewin, pilot,
Sgt G. B. Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Archdale Lennard, observer,
Sgt Hugh Forster Barron, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles William Albert Wells, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Ramsay Passmore, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Bruchhausen-Vilsen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0049 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N3659

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Passing over Lower Saxony, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harry George Dickson, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Knowsley Henson, observer, †
Sgt Robert Bowie Strachan, flight engineer, †
Sgt Guy Trevor Taylor, pilot, †
Sgt John Dennis Jeffrey,
Sgt Victor Neil Taylor.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II near Weston-on-the-Green: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0015 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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W6629

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Flight

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Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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PAC.0097

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1941

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The airplane was engaged in a night training flight when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the airfield of Weston-on-the-Green. Sole on board, the pilot was killed.
Crew:
LAC Colin Paget Blair, pilot.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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