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6 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3662 18 Sqn RAF 0 Sangatte Beach, Sangatte near Calais, Pas De Calais w/o
6 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P6950 254 Sqn RAF 1 South West of Stavanger w/o
6 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8842 254 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, 30 miles West of Bergen w/o
6 Jul 1940 Hawker Henley L3418 1 AACU RAF 2 Sea off Aberffraw, Anglesey
7 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I R6609 65 (East India) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Folkestone, Kent, England w/o
7 Jul 1940 Vickers Wellington Mk 1c R3236 37 Sqn RAF 5 Jever Forest, near Jever, district of Friesland in Lower Saxony w/o
7 Jul 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V N1523 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF 0 Surendorf, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
7 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia R6711 54 Sqn RAF 0 near Deal, Kent, England w/o
7 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia P9390 54 Sqn RAF 0 Deal, Kent, England sub
7 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P4843 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF 3 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
7 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I P2756 79 Sqn RAF 1 Chilverton Elms, Elms Vale Road, Hougham, west of Dover, Kent, England w/o
7 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia R6615 65 (East India) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Folkestone, Kent, England w/o
7 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia N3129 65 (East India) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Folkestone, Kent, England w/o
7 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3896 15 Sqn RAF 3 Bruges-Zeebrugge Canal, Dudzele, West Flanders w/o
7 Jul 1940 Aeronca 65-C NC23575 Private 2 Near Anderson, CA w/o
7 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3914 21 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Lossiemouth. Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland min
7 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P6953 101 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Great Massingham, 8.1 miles SW of Fakenham, Norfolk, England min
7 Jul 1940 Dewoitine D.338 F-AQBA Air France 4 Gulf of Tonkin w/o
8 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I L1075 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, 6 miles off Dover, Kent, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Tipsy B Coupe G-AFEI Eric.Darwent Ward 0 RAF Hooton Park, Hooton Racecourse, Wirral, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Junkers Ju 88A-1 5J+AT IX./KG4 Luftwaffe 1 between Aldborough and Crossmere Hill near Hornsea, East Yorkshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Junkers Ju 88A-1 Wk nr ? Luftwaffe 4 15 miles north of Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I N7277 1 (C) OTU RAF 0 RAF Silloth, Cumberland, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109E Luftwaffe Waalhaven, Zuid-Holland w/o
8 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9914 266 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 39-179 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) 2 mi SE of Smithfield, VA w/o
8 Jul 1940 Miles Master Mk I N7539 CFS RAF 2 near RAF Upavon, Wiltshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth G-ABMD Utility Airways Ltd 0 Hooton Park, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth G-ACAB Utility Airways Ltd 0 Hooton Park, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth G-ACEY Utility Airways Ltd 0 Hooton Park, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Blackburn Botha Mk I L6205 Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. 1 Sands Lane, Ellerker, Brough, East Yorkshire, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Curtiss Hawk 75 611 Aviación Militar (Aviación de Ejército) 1 Pericota, SF w/o
8 Jul 1940 Curtiss Hawk 75 612 Aviación Militar (Aviación de Ejército) 0+1 Pericota, SF w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 616 Avian IVM G-ABED Grimsby Aviation Ltd 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Spartan Arrow G-ABKL Eric Darwent Ward 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Simmonds Spartan Three-seater G-ABWU John F. Winstalney 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 640 Cadet G-ACFH John Lloyd Bebb 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 640 Cadet G-ACFS Utility Airways Ltd 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 640 Cadet G-ACFT Altigraph Ltd 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 640 Cadet G-ACPB John Lloyd Bebb 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACYA Stanley B Wilmont 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 GAL Monospar ST.25 Jubilee G-ADPM Harry Simpson Ashworth 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 BAC Drone G-AEEO Joseph Staveley Boumphrey 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 504N G-AEGW Private 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFMN Eric Darwent Ward 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 De Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor A21-11 Laverton CF RAAF 0 sea off RAAF Point Cook, Melbourne, VIC w/o
8 Jul 1940 Avro 504N G-AFRM Martin Hearn Ltd 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire w/o
8 Jul 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I P4390 61 Sqn RAF 1 Bad Bentheim, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
8 Jul 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I L4066 83 Sqn RAF 4 Great Holland, 3 miles NE of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex w/o
8 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3461 79 Sqn RAF 1 Green Lane, Temple Ewell, near Dover, Kent, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I N2384 79 Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Dover, Kent, England w/o
8 Jul 1940 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I L6990 141 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland w/o
8 Jul 1940 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I L6998 141 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland w/o
8 Jul 1940 de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird G-EBXN Private 0 Hooton Park Aerodrome, Cheshire, England, w/o
8 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF K7156 23 Sqn RAF 0 Granby, Nottinghamshire, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Junkers Ju 88A Luftwaffe 4 20 miles east of Isle of May, Firth of Forth w/o
9 Jul 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I N7388 1 (C) OTU RAF 0 near RAF Silloth, Cumberland, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9853 19 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. w/o
9 Jul 1940 Northrop A-17 35-82 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) off Nombre de Dios w/o
9 Jul 1940 Savoia Marchetti S.M.75 I-LIUT ALA LITTORIA 0 airport of GURA w/o
9 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia L1093 54 Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Dover, Kent, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 CANT Z.506B Regia Aeronautica Mediterranean Sea w/o
9 Jul 1940 Junkers Ju 87B-2 S2+?? I./StG 77 Luftwaffe 2 SW of Portland w/o
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8872 21 Sqn RAF 3 Missing - North Sea. mis
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N3619 21 Sqn RAF 3 Missing - North Sea. mis
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3732 21 Sqn RAF 3 Missing - North Sea. mis
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3822 21 Sqn RAF 3 Missing - North Sea mis
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3876 21 Sqn RAF 3 Missing - North Sea mis
9 Jul 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V N1496 10 Sqn RAF 0 Heligoland Bight w/o
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3847 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Stavanger, Rogaland w/o
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3750 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Stavanger, Rogaland w/o
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8836 40 Sqn RAF 3 English Channel near Wissant, NW of Dunkirk, Pas de Calais w/o
9 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia R6705 54 Sqn RAF 1 near RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 P3464 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF 0 3 miles from RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia R6637 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, off Portland Bill, Dorset, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I N7377 233 Sqn RAF 4 North Sea, off Shetland Islands, Scotland w/o
9 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia P9398 54 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Manston, Kent, England sub
9 Jul 1940 Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator 1358 US Navy 2 Guantanamo Bay w/o
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3914 21 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Lossiemouth. Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland min
9 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N6176 101 Sqn RAF 0 Brampton, near RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England w/o
9 Jul 1940 Short Sunderland I N6133 Royal Air Force - RAF 140 km SW off Sumburgh Head, United Kingdom w/o
9 Jul 1940 de Havilland DH.60M Moth NZ509 2 EFTS RNZAF 0 near RNZAF Bell Block Airbase, New Plymouth, Taranaki w/o
10 Jul 1940 Avro Anson Mk I K8818 1 (C) OTU RAF 0 RAF Silloth, Cumberland, England sub
10 Jul 1940 Avro Anson Mk I N5019 15 OTU RAF 4 Mount Y Gamrhiw near Llanwrthwl, 3 miles S of Rhayader, Wales w/o
10 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3671 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, off Dungeness, Kent, England w/o
10 Jul 1940 Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull 1086 US Navy 0 Sea 8 mi S of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI w/o
10 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3359 253 (Hyderabad State) Sqn RAF 1 Off Humber Coast w/o
10 Jul 1940 North American O-47A 38-293 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Maxwell Field, AL w/o
10 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I P9399 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Lympne, Kent, England w/o
10 Jul 1940 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Regia Aeronautica 4 It-Torri ta' Triq il-Wiesgha w/o
10 Jul 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I L1000 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Hawkinge, Kent, England sub
10 Jul 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I P2716 85 Sqn RAF 0 English Channel 20 miles from the English coast, w/o
10 Jul 1940 Avro 631 Cadet G-ACNE 3 ERFTS RAF 0 RAF Hamble, Hampshire w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3637 59 Sqn RAF 3 Bristol Channel, off Cardiff, South Glamorgan w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3606 107 Sqn RAF 0 Glisy, Amiens, Somme department, Picardy region. w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3916 107 Sqn RAF 0 near Airaines, Amiens, Somme department, Hauts de France. w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P6894 107 Sqn RAF 3 Cavillon, 16 km ENE of Amiens, Somme department, Hauts de France. w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L9468 107 Sqn RAF 3 Aigneville, 18 miles south-west of Abbeville, Somme Department. w/o
10 Jul 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3815 107 Sqn RAF 3 Glisy, Amiens, Somme department, Picardy region. w/o
10 Jul 1940 Avro 652A Anson Mk 1 N5228 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF 4 RAF Detling, Kent, England

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