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Date: | Tuesday 20 August 1940 |
Time: | 00:40 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L9419 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim L9419: Took off at 22:00 to attack Eindhoven aerodrome in the Occupied Dutch. 19/08/1940.
The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing near Paderborn at 00:40 hrs. 20/08/1940
Cause of loss and crash-site not established.
Crew:
Sgt (742844) Alfred Gordon CHELMICK (pilot) RAF - POW
Sgt (581439) John CARLINE (Obs) RAF - POW
Sgt (755769) Harry MARTYN (WOp/AG) RAF - POW
Sources:
1.KEW: AIR81/2701
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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