ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306099
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2039 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Blenheim T2039: Took off at 20:51 hrs for a Night bombing mission on Mannheim. 16/12/1940
Missing /Aircraft failed to return from operational flight. Probably was lost over the North Sea on 17/12/1940 All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt (754445) Henry James CLARKE (Pilot) RAF : missing believed killed;
Sgt (970881) Michael Joseph Oliver HEANEY (Obs.) RAF : missing believed killed;
Sgt (755151) George Matheson WILLCOX (WOp/AG) RAF : missing believed killed;
Sources:
1.KEW: AIR81/4584
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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