Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Horn Island - Horn Island

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414-6358

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1941

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The airplane departed Horn Island Airfield at 2300LT on an operation to Salamaua (PNG) with three other similar aircraft. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Coral Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
F/Lt Patrick Randal McDonnell,
P/O Alexander Mackay Petrie,
P/O Randolph Loring Fairfax,
Sgt Murray Charles Ellis.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Hoek van Holland: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0305 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N3718

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2325LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 50 km off Hoek van Holland. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey George Jeary, pilot,
Sgt Jack Mainwaring, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard John Anderson, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Ernest Pithers, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter McDonald Watson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Reginald Frederick Noton, air gunner,
F/Sgt Harold Ernest Magladry, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the Zwarte Meer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0140 LT

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P5332

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Waddington - Waddington

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The airplane departed RAF Waddington 2305LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Zwarte Meer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Garnett Wilde, pilot,
Sgt Alan Denis Bond, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Gibbs, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Edward Crothers, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Urk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0109 LT

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Z1470

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Yes

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Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II

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Breighton - Breighton

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2331LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Urk. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Frederick Whittick, pilot, †
P/O Albert Ernest William Webb, observer, †
Sgt Jack Douglas Hancocks, bomb aimer, †
P/O Charles Rowland Lark, wireless operator,
Sgt Allan Edwin McCrae, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Bergen aan Zee: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0030 LT

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W1056

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Leeming - Leeming

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The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2305LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea off Bergen aan Zee. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Joseph Lawer, pilot,
Sgt David Morris Jones, flight engineer,
Sgt Robert Tom Charles Martin, navigator,
Sgt Harold John Gill, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John Joseph Francis Martin, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Arthur George, air gunner,
Sgt Owen Llewellyn Williams, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Mablethorpe

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942

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Z1326

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Vickers 424 Wellington IV

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Ingham - Ingham

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The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2315LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched in the sea some 40 km east of Mablethorpe. All five crew members were rescued by a merchant vessel after spending two hours in their dinghy. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
P/O Maksymilian Kubacki, pilot,
F/O Walenty Zubrycki, observer,
Sgt Karol Germasinski, wireless operator,
Sgt Feliks Lazowski, air gunner,
Sgt Edmund Zygmunt Zbigniew English, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Urk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942

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Z1204

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Hemswell - Hemswell

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The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2325LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Teofil Jerzy Kubiak, pilot,
Sgt Zdzisław Czapski, pilot,
F/O Henryk Krasnodebski, navigator,
Sgt Longin Pokra, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanisław Lugowski, air gunner,
Sgt Marian Józef Lozinski, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Piaggio P.108B into the Mediterranean Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942

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Piaggio P.108

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MM22601

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Decimomannu - Decimomannu

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The airplane departed Decimomannu AFB on an operation to Gibraltar. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Mediterranean Sea. Lost without trace.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1942

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Z7372

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