ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305344
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| Date: | Saturday 21 June 1941 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6450 |
| MSN: | YH-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lumbres south of St. Omer. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Blenheim V6450/L: Took off at 13:15 hrs for an Bombing attack St.Omer Longuenesse airfield. 21/06/1941.
Shot down by Me109s in the vicinity of St-Omer airfield / near Lumbres south of St. Omer.
Aircraft crashed at Acquin, France.
Crew:
Sgt (1158274) Peter BROWN (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (918573) Leslie Redvers WILSON (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (919146) Maurice Dudley BROOKER (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
Blenheim production list.
1.AIR81/7058
2.CWGC
3.ORB
4.https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/200759
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 1940 | L8744 | 21 Sqn RAF | 1 | Clairmarais Forest, 2 km E of St-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) | |
w/o |
| 9 July 1940 | R3732 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea. |  |
mis |
| 28 August 1941 | V6436 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | behind the Govert van Wijnkade road, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
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