ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196213
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| Date: | Thursday 14 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4926 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off the Plage des Pins, Argeles-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Perpignan airfield (Fr.) |
Blenheim IV P4926: Took off at 08:20 hrs from Perpignan for a training flight. 14/03/1940
It crashed in the sea off the "Plage des Pins" at Argeles-sur-Mer (Pyrenees Orientales), 21 km SSE of Perpignan.
Crew:
LAC ???? R BROWN (WOp/AG) RAF - slightly injured
Sgt (565189) Norman James PRICE (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (580570) Roy Joseph Stanley (Obs) RAF - killed.
Sources:
1. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1902
2. http://www.plages.tv/detail/plage-des-pins-argeles-sur-mer-66700
3. http://www.maplandia.com/france/languedoc-roussillon/pyrenees-orientales/ceret/argeles-sur-mer/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2685892/price,-norman-james/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2685918/stanley,-roy-joseph/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2017 07:37 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 11-Jan-2018 18:44 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2019 00:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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