ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233388
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| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1941 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7368 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sicily. -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Blenheim Z7368/L: Took off on an anti-shipping sweep. 09/10/1941
Four Blenheim light bombers took off to attack naval targets in southern Italian waters at an unspecified time. Two of the planes returned with engine issues and the other two were not heard of again. A search was conducted the next day with no result. What happened was that the two planes, Blenheim Z7638/L and Z7644/E, had proceeded to the Straits of Messina where they collided and both crashed in flames, possibly as a result of AA fire, off Cape San Alessio on the east coast of Sicily, between Messina and Catania.
Blenheim Z7368 crashed at 15:55 hrs on land /came down on a garage, damaging it.
Crew: (Z7368)
W/Cdr (70839) Frazer Apsley HARTE DFC (pilot) RAF : killed
P/O (45553) Charles Oscar BLOODWORTH (Obs.) RAF : killed
F/O (83005) Thomas WEWAGE-SMITH (WOp/AG) RAFVR : killed
Lt (100411) Ellis Edward Arthur Chetwynd TALBOT G.C. (pass.) Corps of Royal Engineers : killed;
Lt Talbot had been awarded his George Cross for his bomb disposal work on Malta.
He got attached to the RAF as an Intelligence Officer. He was taking in reports of returning pilots and he decided that, with this responsibility, he should know something about what it was like to be on a raid. So he volunteered for the fatelful mission.
Crew: killed in Z7644
Sgt W.K. Hunting RCAF, F/O N.W. Walders RNZAF and Sgt S. Jones RAF.
Sources:
1.AIR81/9557
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Feb-2020 20:42 | Cobar | Added |
| 29-Feb-2020 20:43 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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