Date:	Monday 9 September 1940
Time:	night
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	103 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L5010
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Audinghen, Pas-de-Calais, -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire

Narrative:
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Fairey Battle L5010, 'PM-C', operating from RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, England was shot down on the 9th September 1940 and crashed at Audinghen, Pas-de-Calais, France during an attack on barges in Calais Harbour, killing Royal Navy (attatched to the RAF),Pilot, Sub-Lieutenant, Robert Adrian De Sandoval-Sievier; RAF Pilot Officer W. A. Cooper and RAF Sergeant, F. Drinkwater.

103 Squadron - Op Calais - 9//9/40 - Robert De Sandoval Sievier (northlincsweb.net)
U-boats in Atlantic, September 1940 (naval-history.net)
de Sandoval-Sievier R - International Bomber Command Centre (internationalbcc.co.uk)
Fairey Battle (backtonormandy.org)
Audinghen, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Air Forces WW2 Casualty : Sergeant F DRINKWATER (541979), Royal Air Force [RAFCommands]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2021 21:31	Peter Clarke	Added
12-Feb-2021 09:46	Castle	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 21:13	db	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]