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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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The airplane departed RAF Marham to lay mines in the French coastal waters. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Celtic Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Aitken,
F/Sgt James William Newman,
Sgt Eric Featherstonhaugh Stanley,
Sgt Arthur Kay Taylor-Thomas,
Sgt Gerald Osmond Tyler.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the Celtic Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1942

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BJ774

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Vickers 417 Wellington III

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall to lay mines of Saint-Nazaire. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Celtic Sea. Lost without trace.
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W/O Eliner Knud Alfred Andersen, pilot,
F/Sgt Athol Ian McDonogh,
F/Sgt Arthur Hector Robitaille,
Sgt George Stead,
F/Sgt Richard Charles Stuart.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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X3371

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Vickers 406 Wellington II

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Feltwell - Feltwell

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The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2040LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Robert Perrin McLaren, pilot,
P/O Kivell Harold William Alderton,
Sgt William Edwin Collins,
Sgt Hector John Wakeman, air gunner,
Sgt John Charles Williams, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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Z8538

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Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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Binbrook - Binbrook

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The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2035LT on August 18 on an operation to Flensburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Douglas William Rowe, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Leslie Sinclair Ritchie, observer,
Sgt Leslie Douglas Graves,
Sgt John Anthony Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Black, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III into The Channel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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W8298

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The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay on an operation to Dieppe (Operation Jubilee). After being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane into The Channel. A crew was killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. L. Buchanan,
P/O Paul Clark Gillicuddy, observer, †
Sgt C. G. Scott.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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Dornier DO.217

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The airplane was engaged in an operation to England when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea while approaching the British coast. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the Celtic Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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R5661

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1145LT to attack the tanker named 'Coruna' cruising north of Spain. It is believed that it was shot down by enemy fire while attacking the tanker and failed to return to base. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Archibald Leonard Searby, pilot,
P/O Arthur Eaton, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Verdun Witham, navigator,
Sgt Albert Eric Townsend, bomb aimer,
F/O Rupert Alexander Haig, wireless operator,
Sgt David Canet, air gunner,
Sgt Samuel Richard Vowles, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1942

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Avro 683 Lancaster

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R5639

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