ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206449
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| Date: | Monday 1 July 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1376 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Wellingore, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Wellingore, Lincolnshire |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.If L1376, 29 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when crashed during air combat patrol operations over the UK. Both crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1001): "Blenheim L1376 lost in air operations, 1 July 1940. Sergeant A Reed and Pilot Officer P Sismen: report of deaths"
Night interception, pilot apparently blinded by searchlights and crashed trying to land at RAF Wellingore, Lincolnshire; enemy aircraft bombed wreckage. 01.07.1940
Crew of Blenheim L1376:
Pilot Officer Peter SISMAN (pilot, age 19) RAF 42536 - killed in action 01/07/1940: buried at Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Scopwick, Lincolnshire
Sergeant Andrew REED (observer, aged 20) RAFVR 937139 - killed in action 0170/1940: buried at Blyth (Cowpen Bewley) Cemetery, Blyth, Northumberland
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 8)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1001: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502840
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358959/sisman,-peter/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2809770/reed,-andrew/
5. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/cwgc_scopwick_digby.htm
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/29_squadron.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2018 13:02 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Sep-2018 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2019 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2019 18:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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