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The airplane failed to return to base at Severomorsk-1 Airfield following an operation over the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Sergey Ivanovich Trunov, pilot,
Sgt Evgeny Lvovich Chernykh, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Dmitrievich Khamkin, radio operator,
Sgt Grigory Gavrilovich Gartovatny, air gunner.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1943 at 0835 LT

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Lockheed L-414 Hudson

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760

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Torbay - Torbay

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414-1741

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1940

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The twin engine airplane departed Torbay on a convoy mission over the Atlantic. For unknown reasons, it crashed into the sea some 3 km ahead the convoy. The airplane sank and was lost. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Field Crichton Snow, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Sinclair Boyer, navigator,
P/O Roland Roy Barnes, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Joseph Edmond Ouellette, wireless operator and air gunner.

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The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.

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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Bay of Biscay: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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W4837

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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Breighton - Breighton

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The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 1747LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Bruce Oliver, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Edmund Joseph Austin,
F/Sgt Edwin Atholwood Day,
F/Sgt Norman Talbot Mason,
Sgt Stanley James Matthews,
Sgt Gordon Robert Sedger,
Sgt John Robert Brierley, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the Bay of Biscay: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943

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BK163

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East Moor - East Moor

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The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 1717LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Lindsay Rodgers, pilot,
Sgt Albert George Allen,
Sgt Charles Davies,
Sgt Desmond Lewis,
Sgt George Amos, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943

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Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe

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CB+GH

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Training

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Parow - Parow

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3851

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The airplane departed Parow Airfield, near Stralsund, on a navigation training exercise. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the Baltic Sea, maybe off Bornholm Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Fritz Hirsacker, pilot,
Cpt Helmut Obermann, observer,
Lt Konrad Mohr, air gunner,
Lt Peter Thyen, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1943

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X3140

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Sumburgh - Sumburgh

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The airplane departed Sumburgh on a maritime patrol flight off the Norwegian coast. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Eric John Gleeson, pilot,
F/O Kevin James Murphy, navigator,
Sgt Henry Witte, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald James Booth, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL into the Caribbean Sea: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1943

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41-38688

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Borinquen - Waller

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6147

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1942

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The airplane departed Borinquen, Puerto Rico, on a flight to Waller Field, Trinidad & Tobago. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Caribbean Sea. Lost without trace.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1943

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Junkers JU.88

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A6+KH

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The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 140 km east southeast of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Julius Kienlin, pilot,
Uffz Günther Weinrebe, flight engineer,
Fw Wilhelm Bosse, radio operator,
Oblt Rudolf Schabert, observer.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura II into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1943

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Lockheed PV-1 Ventura

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AE899

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