ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305324
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Date: | Tuesday 6 May 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z5875 |
MSN: | YH-W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim Z5875/W: Took off at 06:00 hrs for a Anti shipping patrol /Beat 9. off Dutch coast. 06/05/1941
Shot down and crashed at sea off coast of Holland. Last seen on fire in the target area.
Crew missing, believed killed;
Crew:
Sgt (906661) Kenneth Brian FITZGERALD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (940846) Nathaniel BERRY (obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (553534) Arthur BARRON (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
Blenheim production list.
1.AIR81/6270
2.CWGC
3.ORB
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