ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229003
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1940 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3619 |
| MSN: | YH-K |
| 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 N3619/K: "Took off at 08:00 hrs for a Bombing attack to 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:
P/O (42415) William Duncan MACKLEY (Pilot) RAF - missing, presumed killed (Commission Gazetted : Friday 26 April, 1940)
Sgt (580595) William Lloyd RAWSON (Obs.) RAF - missing, presumed killed
Sgt (900499) Jack Brereton DORRINGTON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - missing, presumed killed
As no trace of the crew was ever found, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Note that the official Air Ministry file AIR 81/1054 is in error; the Blenheim involved in this incident was N3619 and NOT "R3619". Serial R3619 was allocated to a completely different Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV of 82 (United Provinces) Squadron, RAF, which was shot down on 29 July 1940 on a mission to Bremen, Germany.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1054: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502666
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079551/mackley,-william-duncan/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2939916/rawson,-william-lloyd/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232378/dorrington,-jack-brereton/
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2019 15:26 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2019 18:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:40 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2023 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location, Operator]] |
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