ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193071
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| Date: | Saturday 25 January 1941 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 217 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7994 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St Eval airfield, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
At 2000 hrs 100 incendiary and 5 High explosive bombs plus 2 parachute mines were dropped on RAF St Eval by German aircraft. 21 were killed and 1 severely injured when a bomb exploded at the entrance to an air-raid shelter near the watch office. The Avro Anson I L7994 MW-U of 217 Sqn RAF was damaged by bomb blast and was struck off charge.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160812033524/http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org:80/crash-log/view-1941-crash-log
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_St_Eval
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=50.478056&lon=-4.999444&z=13&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2017 08:27 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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