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The airplane departed RAF North Coates at 2225LT on May 29 for an anti-shipping operation off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea some 20 km north of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O David Herbert Sargent, pilot,
P/O Medwyn Edwards, observer,
F/Sgt Arnold Francis Conway, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Ashton McWilliams, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942 at 0109 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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V9122

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Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

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414-3747

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1941

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The airplane named 'Wageningen' departed RAF Bircham Newton at 2300LT on May 29 for a strike on a convoy off the Frisian Islands. Approaching the target area, it went out of control and crashed into the sea some 20 km north of Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj P Buijnink, pilot,
Sgt A. L. M. van den Broek, navigator,
Telmaat M. Versluis, wireless operator,
Cpl H. L. Emmens, air gunner.

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It is believed that the airplane collided with a barrage balloon.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 into the Black Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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Heinkel He.111

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1H+LM

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7317

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Black Sea. Lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Walter Barbrock, pilot,
Uffz Josef Gemuend, observer,
Ogefr Friedrich Bueschner, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Schneider, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-5 in Kirkenes

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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Junkers JU.88

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Shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Kirkenes. All four crew members escaped.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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Junkers JU.88

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4D+CM

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Probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Siegfried Scharff, pilot,
Fw Herbert Wendt, observer,
Gefr Georg Tischler, radio operator,
Sfhr Alfred Eromin, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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N3616

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The airplane failed to return to base following an operation over the enemy territory. It is believed that it crashed into The Channel off the French coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Charles Bennett, pilot,
Sgt Robert Drummond Stevenson, observer,
P/O Robert Michael Cundy, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Dreux: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2342LT on May 29 on an operation to Gennevilliers. En route, it was shot down by the German Flak. Two crew members bailed out and became PoW while three others occupants were killed when the airplane crashed in Dreux.
Crew:
F/O Russel Allen Peter Jones, pilot, †
Sgt Calton Hearn Younger, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Reginald Mellowes, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Houghton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Godfrey Hugh Loder, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Colombes: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Z1388

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2343LT on May 29 on an operation to Gennevilliers. Approaching Paris, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Colombes. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Harrison Bourke, pilot,
F/O William Martin Murphy, observer,
F/Sgt Richard Paterson Davis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Bernard George Payn Lovelock Balleine, air gunner,
Sgt Ian Grantley Holborow, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Argenteuil: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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