ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386937
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Date: | Sunday 25 August 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | |
MSN: | BL-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Missing -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Wyton |
Narrative:Blenheim T1927/F: took off at 01:20 hrs to bomb Querquevelle Aerodrome near Cherbourg, France, 25/08/1940
Aircraft missing failed to return
Crew:
Sgt C P Riley, Sgt F H Newson, Sgt J S Smith: missing believed killed;
Sources:
National Archies Kew 40 Sqdn ORB doc AIR27/412/14 page 8
AIR81/2807
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
14 June 1940 |
R3693 |
40 Sqn RAF |
1 |
Garancières-en-Drouais (Eure-et-Loir), 8 km SW of Dreux |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Apr-2024 05:42 |
redwine163 |
Added |
25-Apr-2024 10:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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