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Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K9338 |
MSN: | GB-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Echternach-Luxembourg road. -
Luxembourg
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome, Marne |
Destination airport: | Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome, |
Narrative:Fairey Battle K9388/O: Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Battle K9338 damaged in air operations west of Luxembourg, 10 May 1940". Airborne 15:30 from Villeneuve-les-Vertus to attack enemy troops advancing along the Echternach to Luxembourg Road. Badly shot up by ground fire (Flak/AAA), returned to base in a damaged state; probably repairable, but left abandoned at Villeneuve-les-Vertus when the Squadron retreated back to Echemines on 16 May 1940. All three crew survived, but one (LAC T. D. Clegg) sustained injuries
Crew of Battle K9388:
Sgt (580170) Cyril BOWLES (pilot) RAF : OK
Sgt (580445) Victor RADFORD (Obs.) RAF : Ok
LAC T.D. CLEGG (WOp/AG) RAF : injured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 75)
2. The Battle File by Sidney Shail (Air Britain 1997 p 130)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/224:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142049 4.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/105_squadron.html 5.
http://www.anciens-aerodromes.com/?p=33864 6.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=125985&postcount=30 Revision history:
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17-Jun-2019 18:48 |
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17-Jun-2019 18:51 |
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17-Jun-2019 18:51 |
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17-Jun-2019 18:53 |
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18-Jun-2019 02:43 |
stehlik49 |
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