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Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 88 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L8788 |
MSN: | RH-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Attlebridge |
Destination airport: | RAF Attlebridge |
Narrative:Mission : Ant-Shipping. Took off from RAF Attlebridge at 1030 hrs to patrol Beat 7. Shot down off IJmuiden Holland. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Bannatyne Dunn RAF 44816 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 26 November, 1940) [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer John Reginald Arthur Jones RAF 39441 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Basil Douglas Davies RAF 537136 [Killed]
Note-: This was the Squadron's first operational loss since joining 2 Group, a month previous. Plt Off Dunn had served as a Captain in The highland Light Infantry.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 126.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-May-2016 16:14 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2018 09:28 |
XindelXL |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
09-Oct-2018 17:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
18-Jun-2022 13:39 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
18-Feb-2024 15:01 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |