ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305856
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Date: | Thursday 7 November 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T1871 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
Netherlands
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim T1871: Took off at 08:31 hrs on an Armed raid over Holland. 07/11/1940
Lost without trace, after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Ldr (39100) John Albert Fraser MERTENS (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (521985) Reginald William SPILLER (obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (936580) Allan Roger MERRY (WOp/AG.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.ORB 139 Sqn RAF
3.AIR81/4136
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