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Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
Time: | 03:10 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6041 |
MSN: | MK-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Semrau of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:
F/O (42065) Archibald LEESON (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (755745) Cyril Victor PEARCE (Wop/AG) RAF - killed
F/O (81035) Ronald William Vernon SMITH (obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/11519.php
3.AIR81/7436
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jul-2019 09:25 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
08-Jul-2019 14:30 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
20-Mar-2020 09:14 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Operator] |