ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91111
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 November 1942 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BA529 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aldeia Nova -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
Blenheim BA529: Took off at 04:00 hrs for Transit flight /on relocation to the Middle East. 17/11/1942.
Aircraft lost during transit flight between Portreath and Gibraltar. The aircraft force-landed due to engined failed at about 10:00 hrs at Aldeia Nova, Portugal. The crew were briefly interned.
Crew:
P/O (121.178) Charles Peter Cranford DE WESSELOW (pilot) RAFVR: Ok /interred in Portugal;
F/Sgt (1163307) Ivor James SELF (obs.) RAFVR: OK /interred in Portugal;
Sgt (NZ411060) Wilfred David Burnham BUNTING (WOp/AG) RNZAF: Ok /interred in Portugal;
Sources:
1.ORB 614 Sqdn RAF
2.AIR81/19664
3.CWGC
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