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The list of shipwrecks in January 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1940.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.)

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  • The list of shipwrecks in January 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1940.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
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  • The cargo ship ran aground at Tjoroneset and was wrecked. There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged off Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by . The 16 crew were rescued by and the fishing vessel Granada . The wreck was scuttled by . (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground near Dodman Point, Cornwall and was wrecked. All 36 crew were rescued by the motor life-boat C.D.E.C. of Fowey. (en)
  • The cargo liner struck a reef in the Pacific Ocean off Tanegashima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan and sank with the loss of one life. The survivors were rescued by and two other Japanese ships. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of five of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HN 6: The cargo ship romped ahead of the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland by with the loss of 20 of her 31 crew. The 11 survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of 19 of her 23 crew. The four survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship ran aground on Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All crew were rescued by the Lerwick lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The G-class destroyer struck a mine in the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 77 of her 175 crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was wrecked. The 13 crew were rescued the next day by the Walmer motor life-boat Charles Dibdin. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler struck a mine laid in 1939 by and sank in the Baltic Sea off Paldiski, Estonia. Two of the seven crew were killed. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire by with the loss of all 15 crew. (en)
  • The coaster collided with and sank. Ten survivors were rescued by Gitano. Four crew were lost. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with off the mouth of the River Tees, Co Durham and sank with the loss of five of her 16 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • Winter War: The transport was sunk by Soviet Tupolev SB-2 bomber aircraft from the 41st squadron of the Ladoga Flotilla, at Vanha Niikkanenlahti. Most of the crew were ashore, and there was no one killed. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground off Clachaig Point, Isle of Arran, Bute. All crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship . All her crew were rescued by the Belgian SS Eminent. (en)
  • The coaster foundered in Liverpool Bay off Southport, Lancashire. The skipper drowned while the two other crewmen were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea west of Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom . All four crew were rescued by Friso . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cromer, Norfolk by aircraft of Fliegerkorps X, Luftwaffe with the loss of one crewmember. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was anchored off Deal, Kent when was struck by a drifting mine and was heavily damaged. All six crew survived, several being wounded. Salvage tugs took her in tow and beached hear close to Deal pier. But the rising tide lifted her and the wreck crashed into the pier unitl it collapsed. Nora was a total loss and the remains of the pier were blown up later that year (en)
  • Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Sottunga in Åland by Soviet Air Force aircraft. The whole crew survived. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off the Cromer Knoll Lightship with the loss of 12 crew. The survivors were rescued by and the fishing vessels Fulham IV and Robur VIII . (en)
  • The cargo ship developed a leak in the boiler room and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Hachijō-jima . All 44 crew were rescued. (en)
  • The armed yacht collided with in the Bristol Channel and sank. All crew were rescued by Blairmore. (en)
  • World War II: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Moray Firth, off Inverness by with the loss of all 190 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland, United Kingdom by with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by and the fishing vessel Evesham . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy OA 80G: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Lands End, Cornwall by with the loss of one live. There were 28 survivors, who were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Fastnet Rock by with the loss of 12 of her 33 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary north west of the Outer Gabbard Lightship . All crew were rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship came ashore on the south coast of England near the North Goodwins. The motor life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood rescued her 18 crew the next day. She was raised and resumed service. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy OB 287: The passenger ship struck a mine in the Irish Sea south west of the Bar Lightship and was beached. The crew was rescued. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Head, Bermuda and was wrecked. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. All 17 crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The collier struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of 11 of her 13 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: Convoy KS 56: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain by with the loss of eight crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal by with the loss of six of her 28 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea south east of Copinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by . The wreck drifted ashore the next day in Taracliff Bay, Copinsay. Eight of the 15 crew were killed. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Außenems and was wrecked. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the North Sea south of the Orkney Islands by and sunk with the loss of nine of her 18 crew. The survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of seven of her 22 crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of ten of her 15 crew. The survivors were rescued by the trawler May . (en)
  • Convoy HX 14: The cargo ship collided with and sank in the Bristol Channel off the Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon. All 17 crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HXF 15: The tanker struck a mine and sank off the south west coast of England . There was no survivors. Depending on sources, there were 44, 46 or 49 dead. (en)
  • The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her hold or sprang a leak and sank off Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. All 11 crew were rescued. (en)
  • The tug sank at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The naval trawler ran aground on the Langhoft Tonne, in the Baltic Sea. She was later refloated. (en)
  • The coaster collided with in the Scheldt, Belgium and sank. (en)
  • Winter War: The S-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Märket with the loss of all 50 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy KS 56: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Cabo Espichel, Portugal by with the loss of four crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay south west of Ouessant by with the loss of 14 or 15 of her crew. The five survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: the cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lindisfarne by . All 27 crew survived. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground off Lysekil, Sweden. (en)
  • The tanker ran aground on Chios and was wrecked. (en)
  • The fishing schooner ran aground on a reef off the south east tip of Guam. Her 24 crewmen were rescued by . She was later salvaged. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler sank due to icing in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia. Some sources say she was sunk by a mine laid by the Polish submarine Żbik in September 1939 but witnesses reported no explosion. She was lost with all 12 hands. (en)
  • The wooden schooner collided with and sank off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. There were no casualties. The whole crew was rescued by the Congo. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St George's Channel by with the loss of 16 of her 18 crew. The two survivors were rescued by U-51. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was wrecked and sank off Buholmråsa, Norway. All 36 German sailors and two Norwegian pilots were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The lightship sank off Goodwin Sands, Kent after being rammed by . Her 12 crew were rescued by the rescue boats of Margate and Ramsgate. (en)
  • World War II: The ocean liner struck a mine off North Foreland, Kent and sank with the loss of 152 lives (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Margate, Kent. All crew were rescued by the Margate lifeboat. (en)
  • The naval trawler foundered in bad weather off Gigha, Argyllshire. The whole crew of 14 were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea south east of the Cromer Knoll and sank. All 29 people on board were rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship foundered in a storm in the Black Sea with the loss of all 20 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy OA 80G: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall by . All 35 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The U-class submarine was depth charged and damaged south west of Heligoland by . , and and was subsequently scuttled. All crew was rescued by the German ships. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked on Cam Rocks, near St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. The crew was saved by a Royal Navy patrol vessel. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom by with all hands . (en)
  • Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Koivisto, Finland by Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 aircraft. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of all 20 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by with the loss of all 18 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by with the loss of all 14 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her crew. She came ashore at Wick, Caithness. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft off the coast of Yorkshire and beached at the mouth of Bridlington Harbour with the loss of one crew member. She was later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Cromer by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three crew. She sank the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Figuera le Foz, Portugal by with the loss of all 25 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was depth charged, shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the Shetland Islands by the , sloop and destroyer and a Short Sunderland aircraft of 228 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of one of her 42 crew. The survivors were rescued by HMS Fowey. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Firth of Tay. She was abandoned with the loss of one of her 164 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Broughty Ferry lifeboat Mona , a Royal Air Force launch and a pilot cutter. She was later boarded by personnel from , and and towed into Dundee, Scotland. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The cargo ship was driven ashore in the south west of England. All crew were rescued. Salvaged and repaired in 1941. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker struck a mine in the Falmouth Bay off Falmouth, Cornwall while on trials and sank. All 47 crew were rescued by the Falmouth lifeboat and a Royal Navy cutter. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north east of Aberdeen by with the loss of all 20 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The lightship was bombed and sunk by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of seven of her eight crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with the Goodwin Sands lightship and was beached on the Goodwin Sands, Kent to avoid sinking. There were no casualties. She was later raised and repaired. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France and was wrecked. All 20 crew survived. (en)
  • The passenger ship caught fire south west of Toulon, Var, France due to an engine failure. One hundred and six people were killed. The ship sank early the next day. The survivors were rescued by , , ; , ; , , , and . (en)
  • Winter War: The coaster was torpedoed and damaged in the Gulf of Finland off the Sydost Brottens Lightship by . The wreck drifted ashore north west of the lightship, all crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of all 12 crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on Bratholmen, Norway and sank. All 48 crew were rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Sanaig Point, Islay, Argyllshire. All crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The ocean liner ran aground on Samothrace Islands rocks, in the Aegean Sea. All the crew was saved. She was subsequently towed to Greece and scrapped. (en)
  • The steam trawler , while on her way to the northern fishing grounds, ran aground in bad weather on the rocks in Bulgham Bay, north of Laxey, in the Isle of Man and was wrecked. All 12 crew drowned. (en)
  • The cargo ship departed from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium and then disappeared for an unknown reason. No further trace was found of her but the bodies of four crew were found on the English coast. The other 8 crew went missing. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands by with the loss of 17 of her 21 crew. The four survivors were rescued by on the 20th. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HX 14B: The tanker struck a mine and sank west of the Mersey Lightship with the loss of three of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • The naval trawler collided with in the Mediterranean Sea east of Gibraltar and sank. Her depth charges exploded, killing all 19 crew. (en)
  • The launch caught fire and sank in Hervey Bay, Queensland. All four men aboard survived. (en)
  • The icebreaker ran aground outside Pori. There were no casualties but the ship could only be raised in May 1940 and repairs were not completed March 1941. (en)
  • The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom . All crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in The Downs, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of four crew. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Åland, Finland and sank. All crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Goodwin Sands, Kent north east of the North Goodwin Lightship . All 34 crew were rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the Kattegat off Skagen. There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea north east of the Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk and sank with the loss of 13 of the 25 people on board. A fourteenth crewmember died two days later. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands by with the loss of 38 of the 57 people on board. The survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • The armed patrol ship ran aground on the Isalons Rocks, Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank with the loss of 18 crew. (en)
  • The destroyer ran into a reef and sank off Šibenik, Yugoslavia. One crew member died. She was later raised, and towed to Šibenik but was still under repair when she was captured by the Italians during their invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. The Italian navy finished the repairs in fall 1942. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north of Buckie, Aberdeenshire by with the loss of all 16 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The S-class submarine was depth charged and sunk north west of Heligoland and . All 39 crew were lost. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Constanța, Romania. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by with the loss of 15 crew. The ship sank the next day. (en)
  • World War II: The S-class submarine was depth charged and damaged in the Heligoland Bight by . She was forced on the surface and subsequently sank. All crew were rescued and taken as prisoners of war. (en)
  • Winter War: The escort vessel and former presidential yacht was sunk by one of her own depth charges as it exploded in its thrower while she was attacking off Märket Island, Baltic Sea with the loss of 26 of her 41 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east of Grim Ness, Orkney Islands by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of all 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FS 83A: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea north of Margate, Kent by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. All eighteen crew were rescued by the trawler Rian . (en)
  • World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk by a mine in the North Sea off Folkestone, England with the loss of all four hands. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north of Inverness-shire, United Kingdom by with the loss of 20 of her 21 crew. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy HXF 16: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay . All 48 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground north east of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated the next day and beached at Boulogne, where she became a total loss. The wreck was broken up in 1949. (en)
  • World War II: The accommodation ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromarty whilst under tow to Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands . There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship departed from an English port for Norway. No further trace, possibly torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by or struck a mine and sank with the loss of all 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. All nine crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north west of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by with the loss of 14 of her 17 crew. Survivors were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the Tyne with the loss of one crewmember. (en)
  • World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the English Channel north east of the Dyck Lightship with the loss of 24 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea approximately north of Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands by with the loss of all 37 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off the coast of Yorkshire by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of 25 of her 28 crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with in Oslofjord and sank in shallow water. There were no casualties. She was raised in 1942, repaired and returned to service in September 1943. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with a French vessel off the Welsh coast and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • World War II: The fishing vessel struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Nine crewmen were killed. (en)
  • The R-1-class minesweeper was crushed by ice and sank off Stolpmünde, Germany. (en)
  • Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the port Turku, Finland by Soviet aircraft. She was later raised and repaired. (en)
  • The Type IIB submarine collided with in the North Sea, off the Netherlands and sank with the loss of all 25 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off St Abb's Head, Berwickshire. The crew was rescued by another trawler. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, Finistère, France by with the loss of all 31 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of 13 of her 19 crew. Survivors were rescued by and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by west of Cape Finisterre, Spain and was scuttled by her crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, United Kingdom by with the loss of ten of her 18 crew. The survivors were rescued by , the fishing vessel Evesham and . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands by with the loss of 17 of her 18 crew. The sole survivor was rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Bristol Channel and was beached off Swansea, Glamorgan where she was declared a total loss. All 75 people on board were rescued by and the Mumbles Lifeboat. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler collided off Kiel with and sank. There were no casualties. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea . All 18 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom by with the loss of 12 of her 23 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by and sunk. All 65 people on board were rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk east north east of North Rona, Hebrides, United Kingdom by . All 35 crew were rescued by . (en)
  • Winter War: The minesweeping boat was sunk by Finnish Air Force Fokker C.X aircraft at Saunasaari in the Lake Ladoga. The attack also damaged another minesweeper and killed two Soviet sailors. (en)
  • World War II: Convoy FN 81: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of all 18 crew. (en)
  • World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of all ten crew. (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a rock off Bardsey Island, Caernarvonshire and was damaged. She was beached off Puffin Island, Anglesey and declared a constructive total loss. All 60 crew were rescued. (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by . All 22 crew were rescued by a Finnish ship. (en)
  • World War II: The blockade-running cargo liner struck an iceberg in the Denmark Strait . She was subsequently shelled and sunk by . All 62 crew were rescued by the trawler Hafstein . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by with the loss of 17 of her 19 crew. One survivor was rescued by . (en)
  • World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by . All 24 crew were rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship foundered off Lundy, England. Wreck broken up at Briton Ferry, Wales, from September 1940. (en)
  • World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire by aircraft of Fliegerkorps X, Luftwaffe. All 12 crew were rescued. (en)
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