ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229002
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1940 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8872 |
| MSN: | YH-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea. -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland |
Blenheim L8872/M: "Took off at 08:00 hrs from RAF Lossiemouth to bomb Stavanger in Norway. 09/07/1940
One of seven aircraft assigned to this task (five aircraft from 21 Squadron and two from 57 Squadron). Aircraft did not return from this mission. Lost in sea without trace. Claimed as having been shot down by an aircraft of JG 77. No survivors among the crew of three
Crew:
F/Lt (39559) John David William MURRAY (Pilot) RAF - missing, presumed killed
Sgt (581153) Tom Willoughby HARTLEY (Obs.) RAF - missing, presumed killed
Sgt (551700) Gerald Ernest DUCK (WOp./AG) RAF - missing, presumed killed
As no trace of the crew was ever found, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Airchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1053: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502665
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077457/murray,-john-david-william/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799586/hartley,-tom-willoughby/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232523/duck,-gerald-ernest/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2019 15:19 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:39 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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