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12 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L6725 92 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Croydon, Surrey, England min
12 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L8700 601 (County of London) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Tangmere, Sussex, England w/o
12 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8859 114 Sqn RAF 0 Metz aerodrome, Moselle sub
12 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N6178 101 Sqn RAF 0 RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England w/o
13 Jan 1940 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator 0373 United States Navy 1 near Salton Sea 20 miles east of Julian, California w/o
13 Jan 1940 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator 0292 United States Navy 0 near Salton Sea 20 miles east of Julian, California w/o
13 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I L1061 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland sub
13 Jan 1940 Dornier Do 17S-O T5+FH Aufklärungsgr. Ob. d. Luftw / Aufklärungsgr. 100 0 English Channel in the Pas De Calais, between Calais and Dover w/o
13 Jan 1940 Potez 25 A2 2022 CIB Armée de l'Air 0 Rochefort BA 721, Charente-Inférieure w/o
13 Jan 1940 Fleet 3 0 Praia de Torres, RS w/o
13 Jan 1940 De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth T1778 Risalpur SF RAF 2 RAF Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, British India. w/o
13 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.60M Moth CF-CFV Toronto Flying Club 0 Aurora, Central York Region, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario sub
13 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P4903 82 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Watton, Norfolk, England min
14 Jan 1940 Fairey Gordon Mk I K2719 112 Sqn RAF 0 near RAF Helwan, about 10 miles east of Cairo w/o
14 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P4836 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Wittering, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England min
14 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N6153 114 Sqn RAF 0 Condé-Vraux airfield min
14 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV N6161 114 Sqn RAF 0 Condé-Vraux airfield min
15 Jan 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I N7339 CCP RAF 0 RAF Silloth, Cumberland, England sub
15 Jan 1940 Morane-Saulnier MS 406 n° 63 GC I/9 Armée de l’Air 0 Oran-La Sénia airfield w/o
15 Jan 1940 CAC CA-5 Wirraway A20-20 21 Sqn RAAF 2 2 miles N of RAAF Laverton, VIC w/o
15 Jan 1940 Lockheed Hudson Mk I N7245 233 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland w/o
15 Jan 1940 Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra G-AFMO British Airways Ltd. 0 Heston Airport w/o
15 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L8697 141 Sqn RAF 0 Torphichen, south-west of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland w/o
15 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L8688 141 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland w/o
16 Jan 1940 Avro Anson Mk I K8833 48 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, East of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England w/o
16 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9928 72 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England. min
16 Jan 1940 Fairey Battle Mk I P2253 5 Gp TT Flt RAF 0 Sigglesthorne Grange near RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire, England w/o
16 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9885 152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF 0 8 miles east of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England w/o
16 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9893 152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF 0 Between Broughton and Kirton, Nottinghamshire, England w/o
16 Jan 1940 Grumman F2F-1 9673 United States Navy 1 Atlantic Ocean w/o
16 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8854 15 Sqn RAF 0 near Littleport, 5 miles NNE of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England w/o
16 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L4918 60 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Drigh Road, Karachi Brit.India unk
17 Jan 1940 Airspeed Oxford Mk II P6803 5 FTS RAF 0 Tarporley, 23 km ESE RAF Sealand, Cheshire, England w/o
17 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF K7130 254 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England min
17 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L1421 18 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England min
18 Jan 1940 Fairey Battle Mk I L5056 7 B&GS RAF 0 near Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales sub
18 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV BL-127 Suomen ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) 2 North Sea, between Perth, Scotland, and Stavanger, Norway w/o
18 Jan 1940 North American Harvard Mk I N7144 2 FTS RAF 1 near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England w/o
18 Jan 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 L1734 43 Sqn RAF 1+1 Liddles Field, Red Row, South Broomhill, Northumberland, England w/o
18 Jan 1940 Fairey Battle Mk I L5065 7 AOS RAF 0 Peterston-super-Ely near Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales w/o
18 Jan 1940 Supermarine Walrus Mk I P5648 712 Sqn FAA RN 2 Bishop Briggs, 3 miles north of Glasgow, Scotland, w/o
18 Jan 1940 Grumman F3F-1 0229 United States Navy 0 Atlantic Ocean w/o
18 Jan 1940 Avro Anson Mk I N5024 148 Sqn RAF 5 Yolland Marsh, Shipley Bridge, South Brent. w/o
19 Jan 1940 Potez 25 1935 Armée de l'Air 0 Aulnat Airfield, Puy-de-Dôme 63 w/o
19 Jan 1940 Dewoitine D.500 n° 57 CIR Armée de l'Air 0 Aulnat BA 745, Puy-de-Dôme 63 w/o
19 Jan 1940 Avro Anson Mk I N5050 502 (Ulster) Sqn RAF 3 on the foreshore, some 4 miles east of Rhyl, Denbeighshire, Wales w/o
19 Jan 1940 Heinkel He 111 H-2 T5+UH 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr.O.b.d. Luftwaffe 4 North Sea, 60 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland w/o
19 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth NZ517 2 EFTS RNZAF 0 RNZAF Bell Block AFB, New Plymouth, Taranaki w/o
19 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1192 104 Sqn RAF 0 field near Lugwardine, Hertfordshire, England min
19 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L6645 29 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Debden, Essex, England w/o
19 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L8371 64 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England min
19 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1469 64 Sqn RAF 0 field near Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, England w/o
20 Jan 1940 Boeing P-12E 31-571 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Russell City, California w/o
20 Jan 1940 Fokker D.XXI FR-107 3/LLv 26 Suomen ilmavoimat 1 Sääksjärvi w/o
20 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.60T Moth PP-TCW Escola de Aviacao de Ituiutaba 1 near Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais w/o
21 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.84 Dragon VH-URW Mandated Airlines 3 Little Wau Creek, Wau w/o
21 Jan 1940 Heinkel He 111H-2 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr.122 Luftwaffe 0 Osnabrück, Niedersachsen w/o
21 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major VH-URS Newcastle Aero Club 0 South Grafton Aerodrome, 52 Skinner Street, Grafton, NSW w/o
22 Jan 1940 Airspeed Oxford Mk I L4611 5 FTS RAF 0 RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales w/o
22 Jan 1940 Fokker C.V 653 2-I-1 LvR, Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart (ML) 0 Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland w/o
22 Jan 1940 Boeing-Stearman N2S-1 3200 United States Navy 1 Site 4-A OLF, Ensley, Florida w/o
22 Jan 1940 Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra PK-AFO KNILM-Kon. Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij 8 off Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS) w/o
22 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.60G Moth VH-UQT Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd 1 Pelican Point, near Kurnell, NSW sub
22 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV P4907 35 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England min
23 Jan 1940 Douglas B-18A Bolo 37-520 HQ Sqn /19th BGp USAAC 4 Pidgeon Pass, near Riverside, California w/o
23 Jan 1940 Airspeed Oxford Mk II L4669 8 FTS RAF 0 North Sea off RAF Montrose, Angus, Scotland w/o
23 Jan 1940 Gloster Gladiator Swedish volunteer unit F19 Suomen ilmavoimat 1 west of Märkäjärvi w/o
23 Jan 1940 Gloster Gladiator (J 8) 282 Swedish Air Force 1 3,2 km V vägskälet vid Märkäjärvi, Salmijärvi (Finland) w/o
23 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I K7132 254 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England min
24 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9811 19 Sqn RAF 0 Clare, Suffolk, England w/o
24 Jan 1940 Sikorsky S-38B LV-PAB Socíedad Argentina de Navegación Aérea (SANA) 4 Río de la Plata a cuatro mil metros de la costa de Berazategui w/o
24 Jan 1940 Junkers Ju 87B 5231 2./StG 77 Luftwaffe 0 Celle, Lower Saxony w/o
24 Jan 1940 Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull 9899 United States Navy 2 Pacific Ocean off Coronados Islands, Baja California w/o
25 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I N3025 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland. min
25 Jan 1940 Fairey Swordfish Mk I P4223 751 Sqn FAA RN 1 Heydon Head, near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England w/o
25 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly G-AESW FPP ATA 0 RAF Ringway, Cheshire, England sub
25 Jan 1940 Junkers W.34fi CF-ARI Canadian Airways 5 miles south of Waterways, NWT w/o
25 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1280 57 Sqn RAF 3 near Delfzijil, south of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
25 Jan 1940 Ilyushin DB-3 1621 ROC Air Force - 8th Aviation Group 3 Santai County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province w/o
25 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L8856 15 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales min
26 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk I L1006 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF 0 Foxholes, Ryedale, 10 miles of RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire, England min
26 Jan 1940 Fokker C.X FK-81 LLv 10 Suomen ilmavoimat 2 Uuksu area w/o
26 Jan 1940 Bloch 152 n° 206 GC I/8 Armée de l'air 1 Costebelle, near Hyères, Var 83 w/o
27 Jan 1940 de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide 38 China National Aviation Corporation 0 Sanhupa Airfield, Chungking w/o
27 Jan 1940 Stinson Detroiter 9 China National Aviation Corporation 0 Shanhuba Airport, Chongqing w/o
27 Jan 1940 Stinson Detroiter 8 China National Aviation Corporation 0 Shanhuba Airport, Chongqing w/o
27 Jan 1940 Stinson Detroiter 12 China National Aviation Corporation 0 Shanhuba Airport, Chongqing w/o
28 Jan 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia L1018 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland. sub
28 Jan 1940 Boeing-Stearman PT-13 36-20 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) 3 miles SW of Dupo, in St. Clair County, Illinois w/o
28 Jan 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 3491 2./JG 21 Luftwaffe 1 Münster-Handorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
28 Jan 1940 Bristol Blenheim Mk I BL-108 LLv 46 Suomen ilmavoimat 3 near Siikakangas airfield, About 7 km southeast of Jäminkipohja w/o
28 Jan 1940 Avro 594B Avian IVM CF-CDT H.W.Fowler 0 St. Thomas Airport, St Thomas, Ontario w/o
29 Jan 1940 Curtiss A-12 Shrike 33-216 17th Air Base Sqn USAAC 0 400 yards off Lualualei Beach, Oahu, HI w/o
29 Jan 1940 Polikarpov R-5 Soviet Air Force Kaukjärvi w/o
29 Jan 1940 Polikarpov R-5 Soviet Air Force Muolaanjärvi w/o
29 Jan 1940 Polikarpov I-15 13 IAP Soviet Air Force 0 near Valaste village w/o
29 Jan 1940 Fokker C.X FK-111 LLv 10 Suomen ilmavoimat 2 On frozen Lake Ladoga, near Saunasaari w/o
29 Jan 1940 Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1984 56 Sqn RAF 0 Playford, NE of Ipswich, Suffolk, England w/o
29 Jan 1940 Mitsubishi Ki-30 Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 2 Wuyuan County, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region w/o
30 Jan 1940 Heinkel He 111 H-2 1H+KM 4 Staffel II./KG 26 Luftwaffe 4 North Sea, 5 miles east of Coquet Island, Northumberland, England w/o

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