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Date: | Saturday 3 May 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T1825 |
MSN: | SR-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - English Channel. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim T1825/Y: Took off at 19:29hrs on an anti-shipping mission. 03/05/1941
Aircraft hit by enemy anti aircraft fire at sea off Boulogne. All crew killed, but their bodies were never found.
Crew:
P/O Charles Desmond BROWN (83303) RAFVR - killed (NCO:967090 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 September, 1940)
P/O Cecil Harry FARVIS (88661) RAFVR - killed (NCO:976820 Commission Gazetted : Friday 03 January, 1941)
Sgt Arthur John MORGAN (551004) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.Blenheim production list
3.AIR81/6227
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 June 1941 |
V6375 |
101 Sqn RAF |
3 |
North Sea, 60km west of Alkmaar, Holland. |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2023 19:54 |
Rob Davis |
Updated |