ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 79257
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| Date: | Monday 23 June 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6271 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dover, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Blenheim Z6271: Took off at 18:58 hrs for a attack to Mardyck aerodrome, Fr. (oper. 'Circus 20') 23/06/1941.
Aircraft force landed near Dover during returning from operational flight over Mardyck aerodrome, France. The reason was the damaged engines from the attacks of the German fighter Bf 109.
Crew:
Sgt (754707) A BALLANDS (pilot) RAF : uninjured
Sgt (745160) Ronald Leigh YORKE (obs.) RAF: injured;
Sgt (942722) Kenneth Harold SANDERS (WOp/AG) RAFVR : killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.Henk Welting's Database
3.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
4.AIR81/7111
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