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Date: | Tuesday 30 April 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L9242 |
MSN: | VE-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Stavanger-Sola Airfield, Stavanger, Rogaland -
Norway
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L9242 (VE-A) 110 Squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations when failed to return from a flight to attack Stavanger Aerodrome, Norway, 30 April 1940. Took off from RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire for Stavanger-Sola Airfield, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway as the target. Shot down by Bf 109s in the target area. Of the three crew, two were killed, one bailed out, survived, and was taken as a POW.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Kenneth Christopher Doran DFC & bar RAF 37467 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Reginald Henry John Battrick RAF 516469 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Frederick Maurice Norman Searle RAF 42962 (NCO:547157 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 March, 1940) [Killed]
The two crew that were killed in action were never found, and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 61)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/179:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142004 3.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/blenheim/22243-L92421940-04-29.html 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1083563/battrick,-reginald-henry-john/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2941080/searle,-frederick-maurice-norman/ 6.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/2321/ 7.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/33588/ 8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jun-2019 21:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
12-Jun-2019 12:56 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
15-Jun-2019 21:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
30-Apr-2024 06:52 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |