ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305825
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| Date: | Friday 13 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3589 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Pantellaria airfield, Pantellaria Island -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Blenheim N3589: Took off for a Transit flight. 13/09/1940.
Landed in error on Italian island of Pantelleria. Aircraft was evaluated at Guidonia airfield near Rome.
At the date of the announcement of the Italy’s armistice, 8 September 1943, the N3589, proved to be still at Guidonia, likely no more in flight conditions.
Crew:
P/O (42678) Gerald Mark GOODMAN (pilot) RAF - POW
P/O (79747) Kenneth Ewart GREY (obs) RAF - POW
Sgt (640364) Robert Brandon W SHAW (WOp/AG) RAF - POW
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.AIR81/3257
3.POW
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