ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305326
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| Date: | Monday 5 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8758 |
| MSN: | YH-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the Irish Sea, between Rhyl and Isle of Man. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk ??? |
Blenheim L8758/B: Took off for a Training flight. 05/05/1941.
Aircraft lost on a navigation exercise over the Irish Sea between Rhyl and Isle of Man.
Crew missing, believed killed;
Crew:
Sgt (745778) Derek Keith GLASS (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (908609) Harry Walter Crouch NORMAN-ARTERTON (obs) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (755513) George Arthur COLE (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
Blenheim production list.
1.AIR81/6271
2.CWGC
3.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 1940 | R3742 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | Ardres, Pas De Calais, 10 miles SSE of Calais |  |
w/o |
| 16 July 1941 | V6240 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | Waalhaven Airfield, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
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