ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305830
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| Date: | Monday 9 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3612 |
| MSN: | BL-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, |
Blenheim R3612/'V': Took off at 21:05 for a night raid on invasion barges at Ostend in Belgium. 08/09/1940
It was lost with its entire crew on 09/09/1940 during a night raid on invasion barges at Ostend.
It was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea, missing due to enemy action,
Crew:
Sgt (740369) William Ian Struan PATRICK (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (937239) Theos Geoffrey Scott JARMAN (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (612685) Victor William PEGLER (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.AIR81/3144
3.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 1940 | L8834 | 40 Sqn RAF | 2 | Miraumont, 13 km NNE of Albert, Péronne, Somme Department |  |
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