ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306062
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| Date: | Thursday 25 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6174 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - English Channel. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Blenheim N6174: Took off at 16:20 hrs for a weather recce over the English Channel and Cherbourg, before to bomb oil target at Cherbourg. 25/ 07/1940..
The plane failed to return from air operations over English Channel. 25/ 07/1940.
Crew:
P/O (42770) Rupert Edward SHORT (pilot) RAF - missing presumed dead
Sgt (748411) Jack PARKINSON (obs.) RAF - missing presumed dead
Sgt (905664) Kenneth Victor GIBSON (WOp/AG) RAF - missing presumed dead
Sources:
1.KEW: AIR81/1201
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wainfleet
6.Henk Welting's Database
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