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Royal Air Force Losses 1941

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05.02.1941 No.610 Squadron Spitfire I N3249 Sgt Denchfield

Location: Near Wizernes, St Omer, France

No.610 Squadron Spitfire I N3249 Sgt Denchfield

1941-02-04T23:00:00+00:00

18.02.1941. No. 21 Squadron Blenheim IV V5595. Sgt. Kemp.

Location: Gravelines, France.

18.02.1941. No. 21 Squadron Blenheim IV V5595. Sgt. Kemp.
After recovery.

1941-02-17T23:00:00+00:00

17.03.1941 A.T.A. Hurricane I. Z7010 Cpt P.Randall

Location: Holy Green, near Princes Risborough, Bucks.

Hawker Hurricane I

1941-03-16T23:00:00+00:00

16.04.1941 No. 10 Squadron. Whitley MK V. Z6557. Sgt. Salway

Location: South East of Papenburg Germany

1941-04-15T23:00:00+00:00

17.04.1941. No.44 Squadron. Hampden I. X2999 Flt/Sgt. Sneeston

Location: The North Sea.

No. 44 Squadron Hampden Bombers in flight.(IWM)

1941-04-16T23:00:00+00:00

30.04.1941 No.245 Squadron Hurricane I W9239 Sgt. Pilfold

Location: Lough Neagh, Ireland.

No.245 Squadron pilots at Aldergrove in November 1940 (245 were there from July 1940 to June 1941).

1941-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

15.05.1941. No. 274 Squadron R.A.F. Hurricane I. F/Sgt Dean.

Location: Halfaya, Egypt.

274 Squadron Hawker Hurricane Mk I Tropical, by Adam Tooby

1941-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

17.05.1941 71 Squadron Hurricane II. Z3186 P/O Kolendorski.

Location: English Channel.

1941-05-16T22:00:00+00:00

12.06.1941. No. 263 Squadron R.A.F. Whirlwind I P7045 F/O Ferdinand.

Location: Filton Bristol.

Westland Whirlwind I (Flight photo)

1941-06-11T22:00:00+00:00

16.06.1941. No. 21 Squadron. Blenheim IV. V6034. F/S Leavers.

Location: In the sea off the Frisian Islands.

Blenheim V6034 tragically entering its death throes with debris from the ships mast and a section of the Blenheim’s outer starboard wing filling the air, the aircraft enters a high speed spin to starboard from which it would not recover, as large plumes of water engulf the ship with the explosions from its strike.

1941-06-15T22:00:00+00:00

17.06.1941 No.56 Squadron R.A.F. Hurricane II Z2812 P/O Robinson

Location: in English Channel.

Peter Robinson is 4th from left, front row, behind him sits Sgt Carvill (Brownless)

1941-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

17.06.1941 No.56 Squadron R.A.F. Hurricane II Z3329 Sgt Carvill

Location: Lost in English Channel.

A No.56 Squadron Hurricane passes low over North Weald? (IWM)

1941-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

24.06.1941 No.611 Squadron R.A.F. Spitfire V R7349 F/Lt Buys (Buijs)

Location: Northern France.

1941 - Squadron pilots at Hornchurch with trophy Luftwaffe cross from Dornier 215 shot down over North Wales

(L-R) Top row: P/O Gardner; F/Lt Buys; Sgt Leigh; Sgt Townsend; F/Lt Brunier; Sgt Gilmour; F/O Williams; F/O Salmon; P/O Lamb; Sgt Burnham.
Bottom: S/L Stapleton; P/O Reeve, Sgt 'Mushroom' Smith.

1941-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

25.06.1941 No.244 Squadron Vincent K4702 Fl/Lt Stephenson

Location: Arabian Desert Kuwait.

Vickers Vincent aircraft K4681 in The Persian Gulf.

1941-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

12.07.1941. No.144 Squadron Hampden I AE119 Sgt. E.W. Smith

Location: Tunstall, near Withernsea, East North East of Hull, Yorkshire, U.K.

Hampden aircraft at Radlett, being prepared for sending to operational squadrons.

1941-07-11T22:00:00+00:00

22.07.1941 No.308(P) Squadron Spitfire II P8590 P/O Orzechowski

Location: Lost in English Channel.

Pilot Officer M. Orzechowski (centre) formerly of No.56 Squadron (Brownless)

1941-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

5-6.08.1941 No.103 Squadron RAF Wellington IC W5656 Sgt Greey

Location: Chateau Ledquent, Marquise, 15 km SW of Calais, France.

The crew of Wellington IC W5656, Sgt Alleway stands 4th from the left (via Alleway)

1941-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

19.08.1941 No.403 R.C.A.F. Squadron Spitfire V R7260 P/O Dick

Location: In sea, off Dover, Kent, England.

P/O Dick in the cockpit of his Spitfire (National Defence Image Library, PL 4561).

1941-08-18T23:00:00+00:00

19/20.08.1941 No.11 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) Wellington IA N3005 F/Sgt Andrews

Location: NE of Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England.

Pilot F/Sgt Cyril Andrews (Julian Evan Hart)

1941-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

28.08.1941 No.21 Squadron RAF Blenheim IV V6436 P/O Orme

Location: Maassluis Zuid, Netherlands

The crew, left to right: F/O Collins, P/O Gunnis and P/O Orme (Courtesy of Mrs. J.M. Kelly daughter of F/O. Collins)

1941-08-27T23:00:00+00:00

29.08.1941 No.15 O.T.U. Wellington II.W5569. Sgt.Dyan

Location: North Front Aerodrome,Gibraltar

1941-08-28T23:00:00+00:00

20.10.1941. A.D.F.U. Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 ES903 P- Skalski

Location: Near Fowlmere.

2024-10-19T18:04:21+00:00

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