ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69387
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| Date: | Sunday 13 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 45 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8502 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gura Aerodrome, Asmara, Debub Region -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wadi Gazouza, Northern Sudan |
| Wadi Gazouza, Northern Sudan |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I L8502, 45 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Eritrea. All three crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/3790): "Pilot Officer G A Cockayne, Sergeant T A Ferris, Sergeant R W Reader: killed; failed to return from air operations over Gura, Eritrea, Blenheim L8502, 45 Squadron, 13 October 1940"
Took off from Wadi Gazouza in Northern Sudan at 11:45 with Gura, Eritrea as the target. Shot down by CR.42s while attacking Gura Aerodrome, Asmara, Debub Region, Eritrea. One of two 45 Squadron aircraft lost in this manner on the operation (the other was Blenheim L8463). No survivors among the three crew.
Crew of Blenheim L8502:
Pilot Officer George Angus Cockayne (Pilot) RAF 41779, aged 28 - killed in action 13/10/1940
Sergeant Trevor Ascott Ferris (Observer) RAF 566370, aged 24 - killed in action 13/10/1940
Sergeant Robert William Reader (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) RAF 548764 - killed in action 13/10/1940
All three crew fatalities were buried at Asmara War Cemetery, Asmara, Eritrea
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/3790: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16687888
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2272046/cockayne,-george-angus/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2272077/ferris,-trevor-ascott/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2272193/reader,-robert-william/
6. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/27.htm
7. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_visintini.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2009 12:28 | JINX | Added |
| 29-Nov-2011 10:38 | rvargast17 | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Source] |
| 18-Jan-2012 02:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2013 22:41 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2014 06:18 | Next | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2019 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2019 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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