ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192128
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| Date: | Friday 2 August 1940 |
| Time: | 11:05 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 59 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3587 |
| MSN: | TR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Havre -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornley Island, Sussex |
Blenheim N3587 Take off at 09:05hrs for operation Search.P/O DA Drew took off from RAF Thorney Island to carry out a search for the missing crew of Blenheim L8792 TR-A (piloted by C/O Morgan-Weld-Smith DFC) who failed to return to base after a raid on Cherbourg the previous day, afterwhich he was to carry out a reconnaissance patrol of Le Havre. At 11:05hrs TR-K was shot down over Le Havre by an ME.109 E-4 flown by Oberleutnant Paul Temme, the Gruppeadjutant of I./JG 2. 2.8.1940
Crew:
Sgt James Reuben CLOSE (653790) WOp/AG RAF - killed
P/O Deryck Allnutt DREW (79539) Pilot RAF - killed
Sgt Arthur Gordon HERBERT (749485) Obs. RAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.14910.net/test03/havre01cr.htm
https://number59squadron.com/roll/crew_html/blen_drew.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 May 1940 | R3664 | 59 Sqn RAF | 2 | 15 miles South of Dunkerque, Pas de Calais | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2016 09:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2021 15:44 | Werich | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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