ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306100
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6953 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Fair Light Hastings, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Blenheim P6953: Took off at 21:08 hrs for a Night bombing mission on Mannheim. 16/12/1940
On return from an operational flight over Mannheim ran out of fuel and abandoned over Failight, near Hastings, Sussex. The plane crashed near the Fair Light Hastings Sussex and burst into flames on 17/12/1940
Crew:
Sgt (742219) William SKIPWORTH (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (751416) Walter Edward NEED (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (743026) Donald STEPHENSON (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.KEW: AIR81/4587
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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