ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305905
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| Date: | Sunday 25 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R2791 |
| MSN: | XD-O |
| 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 |
Blenheim R2791/O: Took off 05:13 hrs for an anti-shipping operation / to patrol Beat 9. 25/05/1941
Missing / aircraft failed to return from operational flight at North sea.
Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German Flak ship Sperrbrecher 33/Silvia (1049 tons) . The plane was seriously hit and crashed as a ball of fire into engine room of the Sperrbrecher 33/Silvia near IJmuiden, North Holland.
Crew:
Sgt (1357702) Stanley Bertram BRANSBY (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (R/69632) George Allan BYE (pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (920237) William George THORNEYCROFT (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/6609
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