ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 303096
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 February 1942 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9806 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, Scoglio della Formica, Capo Zafferano. -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Blenheim Z9806/Z: Took off for bombing attack Palermo Harbour, Sicily, 04/02/1942
On 4-2-1942 six 21 Squadron Blenheims sent from Luqa, Malta to attack Palermo Harbour.
Blenheim Z9806: aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Sicily. 04/02/1942.
Crew:
W/Cdr (37127) William Rattray SELKIRK MiD (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (67649) Frederick Clifford ASHLEY (obs) RAF - killed
Sgt (R/????) Sydney PHILLIPS (WOp/AG) RCAF - POW
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.Blenheim Losses 1942
3.AIR81/11935
4.CWGC Fg Off Sydney PHILLIPS (J/15185) blbost
5.ORB
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