ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158795
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| Date: | Thursday 17 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | Special Duties Flt RAF |
| Registration: | P4832 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 24 miles SSW of Worth Maltravers, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Christchurch, Dorset |
Blenheim P4832: Took off for Calibration flight in conjunction with Worth Matravers radar. 17/07/1941
Officially described as "aircraft failed to return from non operational flight off the coast of St Albans Head, Blenheim P4832, Special Duty Flight Christchurch, 17 July 1941". Lost at sea in the English Channel 24 miles south south west of Worth Maltravers, Dorset. Possible engine fire.
Crew:
Flight Lt (37536) Douglas Leonard RAYMENT AFC (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (755417) Raymond SADLER (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Flight Lt Douglas Rayment's AFC (Air Force Cross) Citation reads as follows
RAYMENT, Douglas Leonard, Flt Lt (37536, Royal Air Force) - Special Duty Flight, Station Christchurch - Air Force Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 1 July 1941. Public Record Office Air 2/8894 has citation.
"This officer has been employed on experimental flying with this unit and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment since June 1938. His duties, which include the flying and general flight supervision of various types of aircraft in connection with experimental work, have been carried out ably and satisfactorily. He is an enthusiastic pilot and possesses a high degree of exceptional flying skill. During experimental flights he has intercepted and engaged two enemy aircraft, destroying at least one."
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/7669:
2. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756966
3. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=68
4. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2939927/rayment,-douglas-leonard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940810/sadler,-raymond/
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10391.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2013 07:17 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jun-2019 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2019 17:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-May-2023 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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