ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306108
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| Date: | Sunday 8 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6955 |
| 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 P6955: Took off at 21:20 hrs for a Bombing Raid on Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. 08/09/1940.
Missing /Failed to return from operational flight over Boulogne.
It crashed into the English Channel for an cause unknown.
Crew:
Sgt (550339) Stanley Keable BOOTH (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sgt (755598) James McKEE (Obs.) RAF : missing believed killed
F/Lt (37981) Esmond John PALMER (pilot) RAF : killed
Sources:
1.KEW:AIR81/3154
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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