[B.F.M. Droog]

Hello Brian,

Regarding 'aircraft collisions with (own) barrage balloons':

1. Hampden P1336, 106 Sqdn., 24/05/1940: cross-country flight, UK
Collided with a balloon cable in Coventry. 3 KIA

I don't know of this accident can be linked with:
Aircraftman 1st Class Cyril G. Shepperd, RAF 340015, 911 Balloon, age unknown, 24/05/1940, Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery, UK

2. Hampden P1340, KM-?, 44 Sqdn.,03-04/06/1940: Emmerich, Germany
Crashed into the River Orwell near Harwich, Essex, after colliding with a barrage balloon cable. 2 MIA

3. Whitley P5044, 77 Sqdn - collided with Balloon cables early one morning 15th August 1940 at about 3.30 am to 3.34 am (03.30 hrs RAF - 03.34 hrs A.A. Intell. Reports and Observer Posts reported time). See http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/u.../u933805.shtml

4. Something completely else: I didn't see any references to RAF and USAAF bombings by mistake of cities (Nijmegen, Enschede, Den Haag (The Hague)). Do you need information on those bombings?

Regards,

Bart
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RAF Losses 10/05/1940-30/06/1940