ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302550
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6035 |
| MSN: | YH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near Oostende. -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Blenheim V6035/O: Took off at 14:00 hrs for a Anti-Shipping mission. 23/07/1941
It was shot down off Oostende.
Crew:
P/O (62316) Philip Bernard ASHBY (Pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (81416) Gerald Henry SEELEY (AG) RAFVR - killed
P/O (62018) Gilbert Frank LOWES (WOp) RAF - POW
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.Blenheim production list
3.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1940 | R3822 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea |  |
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