ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234585
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| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1941 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7644 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Blenheim Z7644/E: Took off on an anti-shipping sweep over South Italian waters 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 anti-aircraft fire, off Cape San Alessio on the east coast of Sicily, between Messina and Catania. Blenheim Z7644 crashed at 15:55 hrs into sea the Straits of Messina
Crew: (Z7644)
P/O (41758) Neville Whitford WALDERS (pilot) RAF : killed
Sgt (1053361) Stanley JONES (Obs.) RAF : killed
Sgt (R/62717) William Karl HUNTING (WOp/AG) RCAF : killed;
Crew killed in Z7638:
W/C F.A. Harte DFC RAF, P/O C.O. Bloodworth RAF, F/O T. Wewage-Smith RAF and passenger Lt. E.A.C. Talbot GC MBE.
Sources:
1.AIR81/9552
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 10:21 | Cobar | Added |
| 01-Apr-2020 13:10 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
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