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3 Dec 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V T4207 58 Sqn RAF 0 Cold Kirby site (dummy airfield), North Yorkshire w/o
3 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF K7172 29 Sqn RAF 0 Wooley Bridge, 10 miles east of Stockport, Cheshire, England w/o
3 Dec 1940 Fairchild PT-19 40-2509 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) 1.5 mi E of Broken Arrow, OK w/o
3 Dec 1940 P.Z.L. 24 D 113 Royal Hellenic Air Force 1 Near Moschopolis w/o
3 Dec 1940 Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 Regia Aeronautica 0 Albanian front w/o
3 Dec 1940 Consolidated P2Y-3 9562 US Navy 0 Gulf of Mexico w/o
3 Dec 1940 de Havilland DH.60G Moth A7-53 1 EFTS RAAF 0 Parafield Airport, Parafield, 11 miles N of Adelaide, South Australia w/o
4 Dec 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I P5135 220 Sqn RAF 4 off Hartlepool, County Durham w/o
4 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N3594 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF 0 near Hulsen, Nijverdal, Overijssel sub
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-72 (ZT-6) 12 Aviação Militar 2+2 near Tuxpan, VER w/o
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 693 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 2 Sorrödsjön, NE of Ljungbyhed (Skåne) w/o
4 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R2770 14 Sqn RAF 3 Red Sea
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 679 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 1 Norra Rörum w/o
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 682 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 2 1, 7 km WSW of Matteröds (Skåne) w/o
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 684 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 0 800 m SSW of Magleröd w/o
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 685 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 0 800 m SSW of Magleröd sub
4 Dec 1940 North American NA-16 (Sk14) 686 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) 0 F5 Ljungbyhed (Skåne) sub
4 Dec 1940 DUAL ENTRY TI-51 ERROR 0 Puntarenas w/o
4 Dec 1940 Douglas DC-3A-197C NC25678 United Airlines 10 0,5 km SW of Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW) w/o contains link to final investigation report
5 Dec 1940 Junkers Ju 88A-5 8137 8./KG 30 Luftwaffe 0 Acht, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant w/o
5 Dec 1940 Junkers Ju 88A-1 5041 Luftwaffe Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant w/o
5 Dec 1940 Heinkel He 111 H-4 3229 3./KG 4 Luftwaffe 4 Amersfoort, Utrecht w/o
5 Dec 1940 Heinkel He 111 P-4 3083 4./KG 4 Luftwaffe 1 Zweeloosche Veld at Zweeloo, Drenthe w/o
5 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I K7100 30 Sqn RAF Korousades, Corfu w/o
5 Dec 1940 airplane Japan Navy 6 Kwangtung province w/o
5 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV T2218 53 Sqn RAF 0 Hall Farm, Occold, Suffolk, England w/o
5 Dec 1940 de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 127 Aeronáutica Militar 1 Granja do Marques, Sintra w/o
5 Dec 1940 Vought SU-1 A-9076 US Navy 0 Chevalier Field, NAS Pensacola, FL w/o
6 Dec 1940 Hawker Hind Mk I L7187 Destined for RNZAF 0 Atlantic Ocean w/o
6 Dec 1940 De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth N9453 4 EFTS RAF 0 RAF Brough, East Yorkshire, England w/o
6 Dec 1940 Handley Page Harrow Mk II K6974 271 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Doncaster, Yorkshire, England w/o
6 Dec 1940 Fiat CR 42 F9-4 Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force ) 1 Bolstad, south of Mellerud w/o
6 Dec 1940 North American AT-6 Texan 40-2132 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) 1 mi West of Campbelsburg, KY w/o
6 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa P7534 421 Flt RAF 0 RAF Hawkinge, Kent, England w/o
6 Dec 1940 De Havilland DH.60M Moth AV997 4 FPP ATA 0 RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire w/o
6 Dec 1940 Handley Page HP.42E AS982 Royal Air Force - RAF 0 Doncaster RAF Station, South Yorkshire sub
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1381 113 Sqn RAF 0 nr Sarande w/o
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1535 211 Sqn RAF 3 near Lamia less than 100 miles north of Menidi. w/o
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L4926 45 Sqn RAF Near Agrinion w/o
7 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia N3292 54 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, England sub
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L8455 84 Sqn RAF 3 Valona w/o
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L8457 84 Sqn RAF 2 Valona w/o
7 Dec 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I P4292 16 OTU RAF 5 Little Chesterton, near RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire w/o
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L1235 25 Sqn RAF 2 Elton, Huntingdonshire, England w/o
7 Dec 1940 Westland Wallace Mk II K6073 1 GDGS RAF 2 Sea, about 800 yards SE of Langness Pt, Isle Of Man w/o
7 Dec 1940 Stinson Compañia Minera de Candelaria 3 near Tayoltita, DGO w/o
7 Dec 1940 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Regia Aeronautica 7 near Cartosio (SA) w/o
7 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L4926 211 Sqn RAF 3 the hills near Lamia less than 100 miles north of Menidi. w/o
7 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 6-130 Ejército del Aire 1 El Prat del Llobregat (Barcelona) w/o
7 Dec 1940 North American Harvard Mk 1 2607 1 SFTS RCAF 1 near Shomberg, 20 miles north of Toronto, Ontario w/o
7 Dec 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I L4103 106 Sqn RAF 2 Blaxton, North of Finningley, South Yorkshire, England w/o
7 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 110D 3170 II./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 0 Deelen Airfield, Gelderland sub
7 Dec 1940 Douglas DC-2-112 NC13725 TWA 0 near Greensburg, PA sub contains link to final investigation report
7 Dec 1940 Douglas C-33 (DC-2) 36-78 United States Army Air Corps - USAAC 0 Puntarenas w/o
8 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia R6898 54 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, England sub
8 Dec 1940 Avro Anson Mk I N5232 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Ringway, Cheshire, England w/o
8 Dec 1940 de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth X5111 1 FPP ATA 0 RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire w/o
8 Dec 1940 glider Aeroclube do Brasil 1 Guarulhos, SP w/o
8 Dec 1940 Fairey Battle Mk I (TT) 1650 4 B&GS RCAF 3 Lake Erie, near Port Burwell, Ontario w/o
8 Dec 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3004 50 Sqn RAF 4 Mannesmann Röhrenwerke, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
8 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 2266 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr.14 Luftwaffe 2 English Channel, off Portsmouth w/o
8 Dec 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1748 312 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Speke, Lancashire, England. min
8 Dec 1940 Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing NC.... private 0 near Palm Springs Airport, CA sub
8 Dec 1940 Airspeed Oxford Mk II R5949 RAF College 0 RAF Barkston Heath, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. min
9 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L6663 45 Sqn RAF 0 ? w/o
9 Dec 1940 Grumman OA-9 Goose (G-21) 38-577 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) 0 Clear Lake near Lucerne , CA w/o
9 Dec 1940 Avro 621 E 133 Royal Hellenic Air Force 0 Nea Kloukaina, Veroia airfield w/o
9 Dec 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Gravesend, Kent, England w/o
9 Dec 1940 Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz (FG-1) 0159 Aviação Naval 2 Rio de Janeiro, RJ w/o
9 Dec 1940 Vickers Wellington Mk Ic T2520 115 Sqn RAF 6 Blaen Dyffrya quarries (Cefn-y-strad) near Tredegar, Wales w/o
9 Dec 1940 Dornier Do 17E-3 2085 ZS 2 Luftwaffe 3 near Würzburg, Bayern w/o
9 Dec 1940 De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth K4265 10 EFTS RAF 0 Creech St Michael, 3 miles East of Taunton, Somerset w/o
9 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV R3698 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, Norfolk, England w/o
9 Dec 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk1 N7265 224 Sqn RAF 4 Believed to be at sea off Stavanger/Kristiansand, Norway mis
10 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9851 57 OTU RAF 0 RAF Speke, Lancashire, England sub
10 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109E 3207 Ergänzungsstaffel/JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 Achterstraat, Maarsseveen, Utrecht sub
10 Dec 1940 Curtiss P-36A Hawk 38-41 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Mouth of Chepo River, PAN w/o
10 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa P7326 41 Sqn RAF 1 near Isle of Sheppey, Thames Estuary, England w/o
10 Dec 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I V6674 85 Sqn RAF 1 Tilbury Docks, Essex, England w/o
10 Dec 1940 Vickers Wellington Mk IC L4230 15 OTU RAF 0 Great Rhos, Radnorshire w/o
10 Dec 1940 De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth BB738 1 EFTS RAF 2+2 St. Albans, Hertfordshire w/o
10 Dec 1940 Miles Magister Mk I L8070 24 EFTS RAF 2+2 St. Albans, Hertfordshire w/o
11 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I X4239 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England min
11 Dec 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I V6551 32 Sqn RAF 0 Acklington, Northumberland min
11 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I X4649 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 0 Titlington Burn, East Bolton, Northumberland, England w/o
11 Dec 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk II P9451 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 1 near Kimmer Lough, Bannamoor, 1mile SE of Eglingham, Northumberland w/o
11 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 6144 10./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 1 North Sea near Westkapelle, Zeeland w/o
11 Dec 1940 Fairey Gordon NZ632 1 SFTS RNZAF 2 near Wigram AFB, Canterbury w/o
11 Dec 1940 Fairey Swordfish Mk I (2x) 818 Sqn FAA RN 3 off Gibraltar w/o
11 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV T1897 105 Sqn RAF 3 Zedelghem, Prov. West-Vlanderen, Belgium. w/o
11 Dec 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Z5794 107 Sqn RAF 0 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
11 Dec 1940 Douglas SDB-2 Dauntless United States Navy (USN) 1 Culver City, Los Angeles, California w/o
11 Dec 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3049 44 Sqn RAF 0 Rougé, near Chateaubriant, Loire-Atlantique w/o
11 Dec 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-3 4223 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 0 Deelen Airfield, Gelderland sub
11 Dec 1940 Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3117 50 Sqn RAF 4 Trier (Treves), Eifel District (Rhl.-Pfalz) w/o
11 Dec 1940 Curtiss P-36A Hawk 38-23 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 2 mi S of St Helena, CA w/o
11 Dec 1940 Short Sunderland I N9046 Royal Air Force - RAF 0 Sullom Voe, Shetland w/o
11 Dec 1940 Westland Lysander Mk III T1431 26 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Redhill unk
12 Dec 1940 Junkers Ju 88A 5465 Luftwaffe Hoofdplaat, Zeeuws Vlaanderen w/o
12 Dec 1940 Junkers Ju 88A-5 3194 Luftwaffe Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland w/o

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