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Date: | Sunday 8 September 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R2788 |
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 |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim R2788: Took off at 20:55 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 (563427) Charles William COOKE (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (903467) Cyril James DAY (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (939190) Robert Nettleton SPENCER (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.KEW:AIR81/3158
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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